Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Lehrer

I've always said this and finally I had a chance to demonstrate it: The moderator should be seen little and heard even less. It is up to the candidates to ask the follow-up questions and challenge one another.

I've been asked for a list of things that these folks need, ... They need everything.

Bobby Charlton

I've been asked about that goal every day for the last 40 years. We didn't have the technology back then to show whether it was a goal or not, which led to the controversy. I'd like to think one day we'll have the technology to show whether or not it was a goal.

I've averaged more here than I did in high school because they ask me to do more. I still score, but not as much as I did in the beginning because they don't need me to.

Bryn Terfel

I've asked Tom in the past, but I don't know what was wrong with him as Tommy boy didn't return any of my calls,

I've asked for an evaluation of all programs funded through the (federal Office of) Safe and Drug-Free Schools. I've also asked the staff to take a hard look at what are other options, especially those that have a strong scientific research base.

Mark Bradford

I've always been inspired by small details that make me wander. My mother would ask me, 'What are you looking at so intensely?' I would answer, 'Everything and nothing.' She really supported my wanderings, called me Marco Polo.

Warren Sapp

I've always been a team player. Whatever they ask me to do I was going to do. It wasn't what I was used to and it wasn't playing to my strengths, but it was what the defense called for.

LeBron James

I've always been a pass-first type player. But my teammates come to me and tell me to be more aggressive, sometimes be more selfish. And it's kind of hard because that's not my game. But when my teammates ask me to do something like that, I got to take it and run with it.

I've already been this year and not much seems to be different from past years if you ask me. I actually thought there were more people there this year.

Scott Derrickson

I wanted the audience to leave the film with the feeling that they must ask themselves what they believe. Specifically, what do they think about the existence of the spiritual realm?

I wanted my children to understand that not all children get everything they ask for or want. That not all children have parents. I called around and asked about foster homes and found out about Everyday Blessings.

I wanted Lou to come up here in the worst way as a special advisor. He promised me, if I asked him to, he'd come down to Spring Training. He's just a terrific guy. He will not be with us this year.

John Henderson

I wanted a thorough person who is going to ask questions. When I've worked with her on other projects, she always had questions. She doesn't hang back. She is going to speak out.

Majel Barrett

Then, all of a sudden, here I am in the Press Room in the White House and walking in with the guards, who handed me three little pieces of paper asking me to send pictures to the guards at the White House.

The one question I ask throughout all this: Where is President Bush? On an issue which is this important, I haven't seen his congressional liaison working the halls. I haven't seen them here.

A friend of my father's bet him a dollar that he wouldn't ask (my mother) out, and he did.

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Rodman Philbrick

After I had written more than a dozen adult genre novels, an editor I knew in New York asked me to write a mystery for young adults.

Norman Thomas

After I asked him what he meant, he replied that freedom consisted of the unimpeded right to get rich, to use his ability, no matter what the cost to others, to win advancement.

Felix Rodriguez

After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, oil companies were asked to help Americans in need. We are happy to respond, by offering people here in Philadelphia help this winter, and we hope that no one has to make sacrifices to stay warm.

After he won his first league championship game, he went out and bought scooters for everybody. He never said anything to the league, never asked permission.

The most obvious impact of Bayou will be that people will ask how good their consultants' due diligence is. How good are their questions and what should they ask that they haven't asked yet?

The most important thing is for him to be able to introduce himself to different countries and for them to learn about his views, and to ask him questions, ... The main thing is personal touch and of course he will be doing from now until the decision time.

Actually we would be close to sold out (without the game). It was quite a challenge when the NFL asked us to switch weeks.

Actually we would be close to sold out (without the game), ... It was quite a challenge when the NFL asked us to switch weeks.

Ryan Holmes

A critical question to ask when bringing in a new CEO to take the reins of a company you started is: Do you want someone who will maintain company culture or reinvent it?

Actually, not only ABS-CBN stars should help. In the first place, we don't need to ask for help. They are doing it on their own.

Dean Stockwell

Subsequently, a fellow from Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios saw the play and they asked me to do a screen test and then I was signed to a contract.

Stories matter and need to be heard, ... I ask my students after they've read a book, 'do you feel enlarged? Have you grown from it?' which is the same thing I ask myself. I'm not going to impose anything on anyone; I just want to remind people of the power of storytelling.

Curtis Sliwa

Some teachers have asked us -- not through the school board or anything -- to come in and help.

Some people had counted us out because of the recent situation here, and I think our kids responded. We came within one takedown of winning the whole tournament. We had six guys in the finals, and I think that certainly made a statement. We ask our kids to do their best and I certainly feel our kids gave that today.

Some buddies from church went out playing and they asked me to come.