Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alice Oswald

One night, I lay awake for hours, just terrified. When the dawn finally came up - the comfortable blue sky, the familiar world returning - I could think of no other way to express my relief than through poetry. I made a decision there and then that it was what I wanted to do. Every time I pulled a wishbone, it was what I asked for.

Obviously, we got off to a slow start. I asked a couple of my players if they wanted to go home.

Jose Antonio Vargas

Of all the questions I get asked as an undocumented immigrant in the United States, there are two - asked in various permutations via email, social media or in person - that chill me to the bone: 'Why don't you just make yourself legal?' And: 'Why don't you get in the back of the line?'

O. Henry

Of course I thought about leaving. I asked myself a lot of questions at Christmas time.

Jerry Angelo

I think the tight end position is probably one of the risky positions in terms of the durability, but that's given the fact of what they're asked to do. It's very hard, very hard to find the perfect tight end and durability is a problem throughout the league. Not just with our team, but a lot of teams.

It is a significant step forward. I am happy that Ned asked me to play a role within this campaign.

I think the Regional role is redefining itself. We are being asked to fly farther with bigger capacity planes and we are being asked to find appropriate financing for those planes. We are being asked to make capital investments. We are emerging as a way to provide value-added service for our partners as opposed to flying small airplanes from point A to point B.

Jared is a team player who leads by example. He is the son of a coach, and his unselfish attitude reflects that. He has done everything we have asked him to do.

Jeff just didn't do anything we asked him to do. We had a Plan A and a Plan B but there's nothing you can do when your fighter won't listen to you.

Jerry Bailey said he didn't bring his 'A' game to the Travers, ... I asked him if he still thought he could get a mile and a quarter, and he said he could if he ran like he did in the Haskell.

Kyle and I sat down and just decided to host it. We asked a few parents about it. I don't think they knew what they were getting into.

I think everyone recognizes that this office was asked for a legal opinion. We view this solely as an issue of separation of powers.

I saw him (Robert) standing there, and I knew I had to say something. So I walked over and asked him where the baked beans were. We struck up a conversation, and I wound up inviting him to a dinner party we were having that night.

I see from the papers that my name has been sent in for Brigadier General. This is certainly very complimentary to me, particularly as I have never asked a friend to intercede in my behalf. Hearing that I was likely to be promoted, the officers, with

I saw the other horse close to the rail so I moved out a little to give myself some room in case anything happened and, sure enough, it did. But I was going to gather him in anyway, I felt. I knuckled him and he started to pick it up on his own and when I asked him in the stretch he went on real well. He's developing into a real nice horse.

I saw him holding his hand and asked if he was all right. He said he was. But you could just see when he went back out there that there was a little bit of a problem.

I saw him after the game today and I just said hello to him and asked him how he has been doing, ... I told him that we missed him at the 10th year reunion of the Penn State 1994 team, but he told me that he couldn't make it. With five kids, I guess that keeps him pretty busy. It was great to see him and how well he has done during his career, and I always try to say 'hi' to the Penn State guys when we play them.

I saw another student from Spain and I asked if I could go with him, but he said there was not enough room for me. Most of the exchange students lived in the dorms, so I took my documents and my money and some clothes and went running to the dorms looking for somebody.

I saw us losing it toward the end of the first half. We asked them to do specific things at halftime, and they didn't do it.

I said, I dont think so. I had an aunt and uncle here but they died 10 years ago, ... She asked me what their names were and when I said, Wally and Clare, she said, You do have relatives here. It turns out she knew my aunt and uncle better than I ever did.

Isaiah came to us and said 'I'm going to California this summer'. He asked us who the best trainer out there was because he wanted to get in shape.

Billy Donovan

I said to those guys, we're doing a thing now and I'm probably going to be asked some questions beforehand and/or after and I said what I would like to do is say something. They were like, 'Yeah, yeah Coach, that would be great.' Now the whole thing they did I didn't know. I just told them I was going to paint a picture and say I don't know what those guys' futures were.

I sat down with Sharon and asked her how many people can we hire with the space we have?

I sat down by her and realized how tall she was. She was already about 5-foot-10, and I asked her if she'd ever thought about playing volleyball.

Ironically...at 300 takeoffs and landings a day, nobody asked us to ever do a tortoise check. But before I can clear a spaceship to land, I have to do a tortoise check of the primary runway.

People have asked us, 'What is the secret to your success?' ... It is really the subsequent private development that has followed public investment.

Dominic Purcell

People have asked me why are Australians and Brits so good at American accents, and it's quite simple. We grew up listening to the American sound on our TV. That's why American actors have a hard time with foreign accents.

People have asked me to think of a comparable situation. I can't think of one.

Oskar Lafontaine

People have asked me to help establish a political force that represents the interests of workers. The CDU is nervous that this new political grouping is becoming too strong.

People have asked me that, and I don't know where this rumor is coming from. I pride myself on not talking about that stuff during the season. I try to be as professional about it. The coaching staff and I know all there is to know about that question. I didn't start those rumors, and that's all they are ? rumors.

Joshua Michael Stern

People have asked me, 'Is it about Apple or is it about Jobs?' and I say it's about how a man becomes his company and the company becomes the man. That has only happened a few times, like it happened with Ford, I think, they became inextricably linked together.

People have asked me if this has been the college football game with the most hype on it. I would say yes, because the media has never been more prolific.

Bobby Labonte

People have asked me, 'Hey, what do you think about driving the 43 car?' I say it's great, and it's going to be even better when we land in Victory Lane one day. That's when it's going to really mean something.