Famous Quotes & Sayings

Our final offer is basically asking for the steps we missed during the freeze.

David Hoffman

Our timing was amazing. One of the first calls I got after the hurricane was from Conrad Schmidt, asking about them. Our windows, which faced north and south, came through intact.

Alex Salmond

On the streets of Livingston people have been asking why the chancellor has failed to do his part to limit the rapid rise in petrol and diesel costs,

Right now what we're doing is we're asking too much from (Reid).

Reporters keep calling me and asking if the Internet is to blame for this. Of course the Internet isn't to blame for it -- any more than the comet is to blame.

Please. Please. I'm just asking you to turn yourself in.

Players of that standard are always asking themselves questions, ... This is because they want to be excellent all the time.

Steve Spurrier

Maybe I'm asking Blake to do things that are a little too difficult right now,

Clayton Christensen

Management teams aren't good at asking questions. In business school, we train them to be good at giving answers.

We need our fans in the stands at Mackey on Tuesday. I am asking fans to make it a priority to get to Mackey to see our team play for the last time this season at home, but, with their help, not the last time in the tournament.

Carl Reiner

I'm an entertainer and I entertain people and they entertain me back by asking questions. And some of them I answer.

I will keep asking myself that question till the day I die.

I think they thought of putting in a more sales-oriented person (Johnson) who talks to customers all the time and really knows what they're asking for.

It is always important that we have transparency, that we have shareholder protection. Then again, I think it is important that there are not so many regulations that management can't make a decision without asking a lawyer whether he can do it.

Jim Wright

I think there will be extreme disappointment that they are asking for another 18 months minimum to fix Japan.

Jeff handles the ball, shoots the ball, passes the ball, defends, rebounds. He's strong. He understands the game. He's fearless. He's a leader. He's a complete player. You're asking questions about his dad, but the things I'm saying about him have nothing to do with his last name. Somebody's gonna get a great college point guard.

Jim Leyland, in my career, has been the best manager at running his bullpen. He's been the best manager at going out in the outfield and asking his pitchers how they're feeling every day and not having the pitching coach worry about it.

Jim always wanted to have a horse in the Derby. He never once said to me that he wanted to win the Kentucky Derby because he'd been so blessed in his life, he thought it would be asking for too much.

I write when I feel like it. When I'm stuck on an issue or when something great or terrible happens. It helps me to have a dialogue when no one is asking me questions or giving me advice.

Shaun Alexander

Kobe scored 81 points. I was asking the guys the other day, 'How do you score that many points in a game?' That's like scoring seven touchdowns.

Landlords have been able to increase asking rents and are getting them.

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The '60s was a terrible era in a lot of ways. We do not need to relive them, and we do need to go forward. What I'm asking you to do is to look at this evidence and hold the state to the burden of proving this case beyond a reasonable doubt.

Matt Smith

The asking price didn't mean anything. ... You can only get brushed off so many times. We stopped writing offers.

The asking part of the prom date is going to be trouble.

John Curry

That was one of the first things I was thinking about when people were asking me questions. We're gonna enjoy this, but we have some big things in store for this year, I hope.

That's the kind of sacrifice that I've been asking our guys to make.

Brian Finneran

That's the nature of the offense. We have such good running backs and offensive linemen, I'm sure we'll go with that until we struggle. But I'd like to see us up around 30 passes a game so people will stop asking the receivers about it.

That's a tough one. It's like asking which one of your children you love more.

I was ready to cry. I was just asking myself why.

I think it was because it was six o'clock at night ... I will be asking the judge to reconsider it considering the lateness of the night and we'll see.

I think they will talk to rugby union. You can't blame him for asking what the bottom line is.

J. Taylor

I think they were asking for a burst of change, but not ... business as usual. I think what we got tonight was business as usual.