Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeremy Hunt

They say that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and I've learnt a great deal, but you can never predict the future, so the best thing is just to do whatever you're asked to do to the best of your ability.

It's truly a thrill to be asked to coach the U.S. Men's National Team. I'm looking forward to the challenge.

Sourav Ganguly

It's true, I was asked to step down but that's all I have to say at this stage,

It's not my understanding that the group was asked to solve the equity problem.

It's not just the students and faculty here that are being asked to partake." ()

It's not her fault. She did exactly what she was asked to do.

For him, there was nothing that was not normal. He asked for a product that was given to him, and he even got change.

Scott Brown

For many members of Congress, the time for choosing is near - do what the party leadership demands, or do what the people have asked you to do. If my colleagues don't mind some advice from a newcomer, I'd suggest going with the will of the people.

Roxane Gay

For celebrities, privacy is utterly nonexistent. You are asked intrusive questions about your personal life. You can be photographed at any moment.

Forest Park is one of the top teams in the region. We knew going in that they have quality players. They have a specific pattern they play. We asked our guys to do a few things, but they didn't execute the way I wish they had, but even so I am not disappointed with the effort.

Howard Baker

Foreign Minister Kawaguchi told me that Sgt. Jenkins' medical condition is serious and asked that the United States consider the humanitarian aspects of this case,

Ford has not asked for, and is not interested in, a government bailout. There are many partnerships we can undertake with the government -- from alternative energy research to worker re-training to enforcing our trade laws -- but a bailout is not one of them.

Ford has not asked for - and is not interested in - a government bail-out.

Ford has not asked for -- and is not interested in -- a government bailout.

Ford has asked me for an early morning meeting tomorrow, which indicates to me they wouldn't call us into a meeting unless they had some bad news for us.

Marianne Williamson

Forgiveness is the stroke of God within us. The American people haven't ignored what he did. He asked for forgiveness and the American people gave it to him. Theirs is the higher morality.

For example, I have had students whose spouses were pregnant and asked to keep their cell phone on and that was no problem.

Following their presentation I asked Dan Kelly if he would be willing to make a power point presentation on his tax proposal. When Dan was finished both Jim and Scott were very impressed.

For a minute he was taken aback. I asked him not to say anything, to think about it. Well, the more he thought about it, the more he began getting excited.

For a long time, we only asked questions such as, 'Does TV make kids stupid? Does TV make kids violent?' So the field was understudied.

The number 3,500 is not an accident. It's a number we feel we can get on a regular basis. And believe me, there was significant discussion on the final numbers. Some wanted more, some wanted less. If you asked five people, you got 10 different opinions. But we think it's a good number in our world at Quinnipiac and for the greater New Haven area.

Then they brought in box after box after box of things like T-shirts and underclothes they had just bought, ... After they brought in the items they had purchased, she asked if we were taking money, and I told her 'yes.' She started peeling off $100 bills one right after the other. After she handed me $1,000, we all cried.

It's the right thing to do &#151 we had corporate contributions, employee contributions, we donated a couple of thousand boxes, so when they called and asked for help it was an easy decision. I was thrilled that they asked us.

It's one of those things where you've got a fifth-year kid who has done everything we've asked of him and has worked extremely hard and has had a couple weeks in a row of tremendous practices. We inserted him in the starting lineup, and he was great. And he deserved it, just because of everything that he's done.

Troy Percival

It's not doing bad. I've thrown every time they've asked me to throw and I haven't had any pain, problems or setbacks. I didn't start throwing until early January, and it's OK. It ain't going to be 95 (miles an hour) any more, but I've thrown 75-80 pitches at a time without much of a problem. It just takes me a couple of days to recover. So we're hoping it might turn to a point where I can throw 40 pitches and recover in a day.

It's not disappointing to lose; we have lost before, but to lose with little or no effort is upsetting. When you don't listen to what's being told it becomes rather frustrating. Like I told the guys, I will tell you what I want you to do and when it doesn't work, I'll take the blame but if you don't do what you are asked nothing can work. We had four guys doing one thing and one guy doing something else. It was one of our worst outings of the year.

It's their process. They haven't asked us for anything new.

It started with the Winona Athletic Boosters. We asked for $4,000 and they gave it to us. When they did that, we realized we had enough to get started.

It started out that the residents there asked for more permit parking.

Norman Schwarzkopf

They didn't want to go to war, they didn't want to leave their families, but when their country asked them to, they did, because they thought it was the right thing to do,

They didn't just stumble upon my house or my family. All we asked for is cooperation. Their lack of cooperation is disturbing.

They didn't get on much for us tonight, but they did a good job when they were asked to play team baseball.

John Brady

They are asked to choose a player. The basis on which they do that is really up to them. Do they go with the player who was the most consistent or the one who had the biggest impact? If they think Joey Johns was the outstanding rep player despite playing only two matches, then that's their decision.