Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's hard to make a living as a novelist. My first novel 'Tapping the Source' made quite a splash in Hollywood, and people started asking if I wanted to write scripts. I quickly realized I could make a lot more money that way.

I think all writers write from the time they're really young, and you just start asking the question, 'What if?'

George Herbert

Many things are lost for want of asking.

I can still feel it. People are still asking us about that game. That showed we could play in the SEC.

I can see her getting out and walking over to picketers and asking if it would be all right.

Matthew Pearl

I don't like my birthday. I don't like things that are directed towards me. It took me a long time to get over people asking me to write my name in the book.

I don't like talking about football, I change the subject. Everybody was asking about it. I love the game, but so many people and celebrities and fans came up to me. I guess I'd rather be known as the guy who caught the ball than the guy who dropped it.

Marco Rubio

I do not believe that we have to destroy our economy in order to protect our environment. And especially what these programs are asking us to pass that will do nothing to help the environment, but will be devastating for our economy.

Steve Cohen

College baseball fans have been asking for these games and now we are delivering.

I began asking what I was going to do with the rest of my life, ... This idea of the priesthood kept popping up.

If dark matter and dark energy are 95 percent of everything, shouldn't we all be asking questions about that? What does that look like?

I deserve every bit of it. I deserve more than what they are asking back because of the way they went about banning me for two years.

I'd have to give a lot of credit to our safety program for 2005, asking drivers to slow down.

I can't talk because of the situation and how it changed the play. I'm just asking you guys to write it how you saw it. I can't say anything without being real negative and I'm not going to do that. It's over.

G. H. Hardy

I care too much about the people whose lives and jobs are on the line not to come back and give it all that I have. We're asking taxpayers to sacrifice so much, the least I can do is help explain my position and the position of the board.

Buddy Bell

I don't think the call was made correctly. They have a good crew, and I think they did the right thing by asking the other members of the crew.

I don't think there is anything to mediate. The law is abundantly clear that Muncie has no right to interfere with property owners asking Yorktown to annex them.

I'd seriously consider asking Bob Dole, if President Clinton wins, to be a cochairman, ... but that might be a fantasy.

Corin Tucker

I do think we have a long way to go in terms of the culture around women still being career women, and asking a woman about her career and her work, just seeing them as fully validated human beings in the workplace.

I do think there is a danger. We are talking to the California congressional delegation, asking them to protect states that are in the process of converting.

Viktor Yushchenko

I am asking you for the second time in three days to vote for the stability of Ukraine. Let each side draw conclusions from what happened, learn to keep its word and shun betrayal,

Jim Doyle

I am asking this Commission to explore every option for the 440th, and the people who have been displaced, ... All of us are disappointed by the Pentagon's decision to close the 440th. But the site still has enormous potential for the local economy, and we are determined to see that it gets put to use in a way that creates good paying jobs and contributes to the economy.

I am asking the policy makers to step outside of their comfort zone.

Paul Wolfowitz

I am asking the committee to look for candidates who share our commitment to the Bank Group's mission of poverty reduction, who have extensive experience in developing countries and preferably come from developing countries; and who are dedicated to assuring that the Bank Group is a model of integrity and accountability,

I am asking that you not require my client to invoke in person her privilege before the committee.

I am asking Sven to take what I believe to be the best English team since 1966 to the World Cup and try and win it. There was an opportunity for some significant clarification of the situation. We discussed it long and hard and felt the best way forward was him to focus on 2006. And then for him and us to part company in good heart and with good grace.

I am asking miners and management at every mine operation to do the right thing: Take one hour out for safety's sake. This Monday, we urge that extra time be taken, at the beginning of each shift and before the start of any mining activity, to go over the hazards involved with mining and the vital safeguards that need to be taken.

Joseph Estrada

I am asking all our countrymen living near rivers to prepare so that we can prevent any tragedy,

Sir Jones

I am not talking about us introducing our own protectionist measures - that would be disastrous - but I would like to see Mr Blair publicly asking for explanations from his Spanish counterpart about how he justifies protecting local industry.

Joe Girardi

I believe I was born to manage. People asking about not having managed, but as a catcher I believe you manage every day you're on the field. I was the type of player who had to do the little things to win.

He's not asking for the church to become involved, he's asking for Pastor Johnson to disseminate this through his personal network. Certainly, the pastor does not lose his right to free speech.

He's got a refreshing way of being the anti-anchor. He's not quote-unquote reporting at you. He's just being himself. He's asking the questions you would like answered. He's getting involved the way you might. You feel that he's a regular person that you can trust talking to you. He brings such a passion to the storytelling that's infectious.

He's got a refreshing way of being the anti-anchor, ... He's not quote-unquote reporting at you. He's just being himself. He's asking the questions you would like answered. He's getting involved the way you might. You feel that he's a regular person that you can trust talking to you. He brings such a passion to the storytelling that's infectious.