Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have zero plays. All I asked my players to do was play a 'little' defense.

We honestly asked ourselves, 'Will people live in this environment?' ... We've got critters, we've got heat, we've got humidity.

Yesterday at practice, I asked for a show of hands from the players that had beaten Munster in a team sport. Not one hand went up in the room. Tomorrow, I'll ask the same question.

Mike Piazza

Yes, no question. If you would have asked me, I'm telling you, in San Francisco, there's no way I thought I'd be able to play. This week I'm a lot more optimistic.

Yes, I've been working with Trojan for some time now. They teamed me up with The Specials and asked me to do some old Ska songs. It was fun.

We were disappointed they wouldn't even review it. All we asked them was to just look at it, and they were unwilling to do so.

We have responded to the Premier League by pointing out this is a compulsory tournament so I don't see why we should be asked to pay compensation.

Jack Straw

The fact that Iran asked for these discussions this morning - they are not negotiations - illustrated the fact that Iran is concerned about its international position.

The fact is we said we'd proceed on commissions. Hicks is up. And we're going to proceed. And if we're asked not to proceed or ordered not to proceed (by a court), then we won't. That's the plan,

The problem with respite care is that since the regional mental centers are closing, we are asked to take people who are too unstable and increasingly violent.

The reality is that many other people working in the auto industry are going to be asked to make painful adjustments, too, and a lot of people are going to say it's not worth it.

Charles Krauthammer

When in 1966 Charles de Gaulle ordered France out of NATO and American troops off French soil, Secretary of State Dean Rusk asked him if that included the American soldiers lying dead in the cemeteries at Normandy and throughout France

When I did this show four years ago, which was a very intense and emotional experience for me, I felt like that was a once-in-a-lifetime experience -- never thinking that four years later I would be asked to put something similar together again.

When I moved out here during the late '70s, I had a neighbor who was a farmer who asked me 'What do you produce? ... I said, well, I don't produce, I publish, but he meant, you know, 'Do you grow tomatoes?'

Rory Kinnear

When I was 15, I was asked to do 'Cyrano de Bergerac' at school, and it fundamentally changed my life. It's obviously an extraordinarily diverse and potentially electrifying part. It's a big leading part, and I hadn't really played anything like that before; I was the one doing the comedy side bit.

Robbie Robertson

When I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to meet Buddy Holly. I asked him how he got that big, powerful sound out of his guitar amp. He said, 'I blew a speaker and decided not to get it fixed.'

When it was tied up in the Senate I asked the Town Council to make some calls. Did I get any help from them? No. They laid down their guns and walked away.

Johnny Damon

When it was asked if I would represent my country, there was no hesitation. I am proud to live in a land with freedom where we can even have this type of baseball tournament. Rest assured it will be great days for fans. It's just awesome to represent our country.

The panel asked us to work privately and quietly and we're doing everything we can to honor their requests.

Sugar Ray Leonard

I asked my kids, 'Do you know what Papa used to do.' They said, 'You were a boxer, you won the Olympics!' And that's what they know.

Sharon Stone

When I started acting, I was asked said, 'What's your dream?' 'What would you like to achieve?' I would say, 'Oh, I'd like to sit opposite DeNiro and hold my own.' But, you never think it's gonna happen.

When Zach asked me to play, I didn't know what tournament it was or anything. After we won the first tournament, we got a lot of confidence and believed that we could do it.

When he called, I asked him if he believed it or not. I said he better tell somebody.

When he asked permission to stay, we were just shocked. He spent the summer and then he just stayed. In a lot of ways, I was sad for my sister, but she had her hands full. I'm glad we took him.

Paul Ryan

When Governor Romney asked me to join the ticket, I said, 'Let's get this done' - and that is exactly, what we're going to do.

George Bernard Shaw

When George Bernard Shaw visited New Zealand a reporter asked him his impression of the place and, after a pause, Shaw is said to have replied: "Altogether too many sheep

Monica Crowley

When I visited Guantanamo Bay several years ago, I met a team of psychiatrists treating the detainees. When I asked how they distinguished between, say, schizophrenia or bipolarity and a bedrock religious commitment to holy war, they couldn't answer.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Often times I have been asked about the attributes for success, and I have said that you need two attributes for succeeding as an entrepreneur: one, courage, second, luck.

When I was 14, I decided that I really wanted to pursue polo more, so I asked my parents if it would be okay for me to go live on a farm outside the city so I could play.

Nina Garcia

Whenever I'm on a book tour, one of the questions I always get asked is what to wear to various occasions.

Cory Hardrict

To be honest, I still feel like I haven't scratched the surface of where I want to be. If someone asked me for an autograph, I'd be like, 'Me? I haven't done anything yet !' I have much more to offer the world.

Chris Squire

I think the first three Rickenbacker basses were imported around 1964. Pete Quaife, the bassist for The Kinks, bought one. Then John Entwistle from The Who bought one. As for the third one, I asked the manager of the store if I could get an employee discount. He said I could, and so I picked up that one.

Norman Reedus

I don't have a mullet, but going into season one on 'The Walking Dead,' I asked to have a mullet, and everybody talked me out of it. Because I'd have to wear a mullet when we were not shooting every day. I have that motorcycle, wings on my vest, the crossbow... Maybe a mullet would've thrown me over the edge.