Famous Quotes & Sayings

Caitlin Moran

Nowadays, to be frank, every week is a good week for freakshow television. we might start asking, Why are there so many freaks? And why do they all want to be on television?

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

If you don't understand, ask questions. If you're uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking questions and then ask anyway. It's easy to tell when a question is coming from a good place. Then listen some more. Sometimes people just want to feel heard. Here's to possibilities of friendship and connection and understanding.

Bing Gordon

The first time I had a secretary, I was sheepish about being demanding or even asking questions.

Bill Maher

[The Republicans] are always asking the Muslims to denounce their extremists. And I agree with them. But they don't take that note and do it among their own. They don't denounce their own extremists.

Nick Woodman

I got an email from the Crown Prince of Norway asking me to talk at a summit for young Norwegian entrepreneurs. I ran to my wife and was like, 'Hey! I got an email from the Prince of Norway!'

Helen Sharman

People are fascinated by space flight. It makes them interested in science, gets them asking questions and motivates them.

Tom DeLay

There is no question that these democratically elected governments, asking collectively to increase the economic security of those countries, could make it a national security vote if we turn our backs on them,

Michael Leunig

In some ways, calm bodily protest has a nakedness to it that may be deeply embarrassing for observers; an act not unlike the bare-faced Oliver Twist effrontery that stands vulnerably before authority, asking for more or better.

Norm MacDonald

I didn't really want to inject myself into anything political. A lot of people were asking me at the time about Jay and Conan, and I hate doing anything serious.

We believe that candidate is a glaring example of what is wrong with the system. We think the process is a good process, we're just asking for a tweak here and there.

We've always worked cooperatively with the department, and we're only asking for cost of living increases.

James Mangold

When I was making 'Cop Land' in 1996, people were asking what my next movie was, ... Without thinking, I said, 'I want to make a movie about Johnny Cash.'Ã

Peter Capaldi

When I was acting, I was always asking abut the mechanics of filmmaking. I decided I would learn what everyone on set was doing, so I would feel less threatened.

You don't know who's more competent than the next guy until you start asking questions.

We were devastated. We were asking him all the possibilities - was there anything at all that could be done? - and we said we would rather have a second opinion.

We are all so impressed with the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, that a petition has been circulated asking that it be made into a movie. We have chosen you to send it to. In hopes that you might also see the possibilities of a movie, we have enclosed a copy of the book.

We are getting dozens of calls a day asking for details about the Medicare prescription-drug coverage.

Universities are increasingly opening Kosher dining facilities because they recognize that it shows their interest in recruiting and keeping Jewish students. More parents looking at schools are asking a threshold question of whether there is a Hillel on campus.

Unions are asking for more, but we are still a long way from excessive demands. The wage restraint continues.

Usually in these cases, there's always two sides to it. In this case there seems to be one thing the government can do and that's to let him finish high school. I don't think what we're asking for is unreasonable.

Mike Huckabee

We're doing everything in our power to be a good neighbor, ... Our office has been flooded by calls today from people asking what they can do. The best things they can do now is lend a helping hand to those who are in our state to escape the storm, making a donation to the Red Cross disaster relief fund and pray for those who are still trapped.

We're expecting a lot of good things from Jenny this season. Unfortunately, with the injury to Marianne, we'll be asking everyone on the team to step up and give us that little extra effort.

Were expecting a lot of good things from Jenny this season, ... Unfortunately, with the injury to Marianne, well be asking everyone on the team to step up and give us that little extra effort.

We're getting such a phenomenal response that we're asking for people's understanding that it takes some physical time to get back to them.

We're getting phone calls asking for teams to rescue people still trapped in their homes,

We're getting crushed. We're calling in extra operators, asking the morning shift to stay overtime, doing everything we can. It's a capacity issue.

We're getting all this new supply later in the week and people are asking whether they really want to buy it at these levels.

John Powell

We're not asking to be treated in any special way. We're asking for the regular process.

We're not asking them to take any risks that we're not taking.

We're not asking them to play him, we can't force them to do that,

We're not asking people to cut down everything. We just want people to make a defensible space.

We're not asking for the sun, the stars and the moon, we're asking for an inflationary increase, ... Our preference would be to settle this legislatively, if we can. But ultimately we have to be willing to take this to the people.

We're not asking for a trip to the movies, we're just asking for what everyone else receives.