Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stan Laurel

A friend once asked me what comedy was. That floored me. What is comedy? I don't know. Does anybody? Can you define it? All I know is that I learned how to get laughs, and that's all I know about it. You have to learn what people will laugh at, then proceed accordingly.

Rainbow Rowell

In 'Attachments,' which is told from a male point of view, people asked me if a man would really think that much about whether a woman likes him. But I have a husband and three brothers, and they're all like that.

Malala Yousafzai

Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead, he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself... By giving me this height to reach people, he has also given me great responsibilities.

Phil Anselmo

I had the question asked of me before, 'What do you like better: singing or playing guitar?' If I'm gonna be totally truthful, if that microphone's in my hand, I'm loving it. When the guitar's in my hand, I'm a little nervous, but I'm still loving it.

Ken Anderson

We had our chance. We were up by two games with three to play ? that's all you can ask for.

We had opportunities. I've asked the girls to do a lot of things they have never done, and they have come so far. We know we have a long way to go, but there have been a lot of bright things happen this year.

We had one Marxist history teacher who taught a straight Marxist view of history, ... I remember he once asked where diamonds got their value. Someone said, 'because they're beautiful'. He said, 'no, no'. Someone else said, 'supply and demand'. He said, 'no'. Someone else said, 'from the sweat of the workers in the mines!' And he said 'right!'

Pierre Pettigrew

We'll raise it with Secretary Rice, asking her to understand our situation, ... I do believe on this one the administration needs to stop taking assistance from the powerful lumber lobby.

We have the potential to beat any team at any time. The kids just have to keep their confidence and keep believing that they can by the doing the little things. We'll take it little by little and hope for the best, but as long as the girls keep working and keep trying, that's all I can ask for.

We were going to pull him after one, then he asked to take one more .... . I think he was off on some. It's hard to evaluate until you see the film. But we have to look at all three phases of the game.

We were given an unrealistic time frame in which to participate. Exxon Mobil was asked to participate in this hearing with four business days notice. ... We could not make participation work with such short notice.

We were frequently asked for a map of the public art. That's one thing people always comment about.

We were stunned. We couldn't believe what they were asking us to do.

We were stopping short of giving high-fives over some of the things she was doing. Everybody asked me, 'Is she that good? I said she's actually better than everybody (says).

We were starting to get several requests from groups asking us to name different things after people. We started thinking about that thing: Who's really the valid person to name a facility after? It gets to be a naming contest if you encourage that. A no-naming policy is the best way to avoid conflicts.

Tim asked me to read his script. He wanted me to play another character and I didn't want to do it. Frankly, I didn't want to be the ingenue puppet because I did so many of those roles when I started acting.

We have a full-time political class. People who really don't want to be out in the community. People ask 'does my vote really matter?' In most of the country it doesn't. But Iowa is different. This is going to be a national battleground.

You are far enough behind Phoenix that you need to ask yourself if raw population growth is the measure of success.

Marcello Lippi

You are a d***head. You can't film me without asking first, ... If you like, we can go into the press room and you can film all you want, but you can't hide away like that.

We wanted to make this public as soon as we discovered the issue, ... I have asked our outside auditor and outside counsel to assist us in doing a complete review of this and any related issues.

We wanted to keep making features and wall-to-wall, but our distributors kept asking 'when are you going to make gonzo teens?' so we finally said, we'll do it.

We've got sheriff detectives trying to bring him back into custody, we have been in contact with him, he knows he was erroneously released. The statement he gave is that he needed a few days to think about it, but we have asked him to come back into custody.

We've had lots of e-mails -- some wishing us luck, others offering marriage proposals and quite a few asking how to get into curling and where their nearest club is.

We've had dozens of phone calls from students and parents asking if we would take students, ... There's no way to predict how many students will enroll. We couldn't open every door and that was difficult, but we made a decision to make what resources we can available to these young people, which was easy.

We have certainly not been asking for top dollar in the industry, ... We've been asking to be brought up in the industry average.

We have begun to talk to folks on the Hill about this and ask for an opportunity to have debate before it's too late. While we may not have much time, we have some time for the debate to go on.

We're not asking you to give them a reward for good citizenship, ... Believe their testimony.

Michael Chertoff

We're working very closely with the governor and the other state officials to make sure that we are completely connected in terms of their needs and what capabilities they're asking us to bring to the table, ... American Morning.

Paul Vance

We're very, very shocked. This was a nice guy, a wonderful guy. You couldn't ask for a better neighbor.

Bill White

Use your common sense and (if) you doubt the capacity to withstand high winds, then we are asking you to evacuate, ... Few mobile homes, if any, could withstand some of the types of winds that may be characteristic of a hurricane that is of the projected magnitude of Rita. We are asking you to evacuate.

Use the Internet to read press releases and other information about the company so that you can take at least three pieces of positive information about them into the interview. You can integrate that information into some of your answers, and it will prepare you to respond well if the interviewer asks what you know about the company.

Virtually every company we've called for help from outside Vermont has asked us to send crews their way. There are big problems throughout the Northeast and Quebec.

Jon Huntsman

Utah was one of four states (including Tennessee, Texas and Oklahoma) asked of assistance. That says something good about our state and our citizens, ... The selection of those chosen to come to Utah is undetermined at this point, but we are a willing recipient.