Famous Quotes & Sayings

George H. W. Bush

I'm here on an important international mission. Secretary Rumsfeld asked me to check on his horse.

Reggie Evans

We got the win, that's the main thing. It wasn't personal what went down. I asked for a trade. It worked out in my favor. Now I'm here. On to bigger and better things now.

We got the phone call from a tour representative at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. They asked if we were still interested.

David Ward

We get asked all the time if people can buy their units.

We get a lot of complaints from readers about packaging that drives them crazy. We, too, have pet peeves about certain package designs. So we asked our readers for specifics, and we went out and bought the worst examples of horrific packaging we could find.

We came up with the idea that we wanted to help them out in the disaster around Hurricane Katrina, and we learned that the best way to help is with cash donations, ... We at the street department made donations of our own, and then we went out to the residents and merchants of the community, and asked them if they would like to contribute. No one turned us down. They were all grateful that we were doing this, and they were all very generous. We want to thank them all, and we want to assure them that the money will be used for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

We came up with a situation and asked the City Council for some clarification. This is what they told us.

We found a big ol' washeteria near here, so we'll be making a run to wash clothes (Sunday), ... Some of the kids, they left town with only one set of clothes, so they asked if they could go to Wal-Mart shopping. We'll be doing some of that.

Jim Murphy

We didn't even have to ask, ... They came to us and asked what they could do.

We haven't asked for an increase for five years and we have more expenses that we need to cover.

We haven't asked for a bailout but we have asked for a lot of things and the reaction in Washington has been very slow.

Jim Tomsula

We haven't asked Drew to go out and win a game for us yet, we haven't had to. But you know this league. Sooner or later, we will. And I don't doubt that he'll do it.

Jack Warner

We have not been given the exact figures. But all we have asked for we have gotten.

We have not been asked by the palace and even if we are called for the meeting we will not go.

Zoe Sugg

'Bake Off' is one of my favourite programmes, so I was genuinely a little bit shocked and very excited when I was asked to take part.

Zadie Smith

If you asked me if I wanted more joyful experiences in my life, I wouldn't be at all sure I did, exactly because it proves such a difficult emotion to manage.

The president has stated that he cannot say that out of the hundreds and hundreds of calls he made to supporters that he never asked for financial support. He said that he cannot recall specifically asking for contributions during these calls, though he may well have.

The president asked us to go and show support for their new government.

The president asked for China's help in the full range of diplomatic operations that we may choose to bring this to a successful resolution.

Condoleezza Rice

The president and I have asked John to do this work because he knows how to get things done. He is a tough-minded diplomat,

The press is going to go whacko over this, ... If the wardens of either institution were asked if they would want her, they would say 'no' for security purposes.

The problems are not fixed the problems are multiple and the problems are serious health threats. We've asked them to thoroughly evaluate that. They have refused us.

We know our customers have asked for this type of a project.

I wish I lived back in the Old West days, because I'd save up my money for about twenty years so I could buy a solid-gold pick. Then I'd go out west and start digging for gold. When someone came up and asked what I was doing, I'd say, 'Looking for gold, ya durn fool.' He'd say, 'Your pick is gold.' And I'd say, 'well, that was easy.' Good joke, huh?

I wish we had asked her more questions than we did.

I wish I wasn't here. But the loss of Stephanie, Tony and Zoe is a loss that won't go away. Many people have asked me about my response to this event. They say 'you must hate these people,' but we don't.

Alice McDermott

I was the youngest; I had two imperious older brothers - I didn't get to often complete sentences at the dinner table. So writing was a way of saying what nobody asked me to say.

I was the youngest guy in the union. At 14! A pianist around there who became my mentor for a little while, gave me my first night club job. I was 17 or so. My father asked the club owner to watch me so I didn't get into any wrong things, ladies and drink and this and that.

I was traveling in Virginia, South Carolina and Florida after the State Tournament. Before, when people saw a Rose Hill shirt they asked about O.J. (Mayo). This time, I was asked if I was coach of the little school that made it to the girls' state championship game. I'm not kidding.

I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their cartoons for them.

Randy Johnson

I was used to a few reporters in Phoenix who would walk by in passing and asked me how I was feeling. Here, I had 10 guys asking me about two innings in spring training.

Steve Mariucci

I was trying to shift the receivers around, and I asked Roy if he could play the Z (flanker) position for the rest of the game. He said he didn't think his leg was up to that. I had to base things a lot on his decision. I can't feel how much his leg hurts.

Jennifer Chiaverini

I was very fortunate that my first novel captivated the imaginations of so many readers who asked for a sequel. After that, one book led to another as I discovered other facets to my characters I wanted to investigate further.