Famous Quotes & Sayings

When the government was asked to justify their demand they conceded that they needed much less.

Oliver Sacks

When the documentary of 'Awakenings' was made in '73, the first thing the film director asked was, 'Could we meet the music therapist? She seems to be the most important person around here,'

Tom Wilson

When we play at home or whenever our bench is on the right, I put all the right side of my equipment on first. The other night I played at Florida for the first time and I asked somebody which side our bench was on.

We are doing what the residents have asked us to do. It is no different than what has been done for decades, at least. The lake is used for recreation by the residents, and it is not our intention to do anything they are opposed to.

We are doing what the DPUC has asked us to do.

The President said that it shall not be considered a solitary case and asked the National Police chief to investigate the case of forced prostitution and other related cases.

Linda Chavez

Unfortunately, because of the way the stories have played over the last few days, I have decided that I am becoming a distraction, and therefore I have asked President Bush to withdraw my name for secretary of labor,

Robert Novak

Two senior administration officials told me his wife suggested sending Wilson to Niger to investigate the Italian report. The CIA says its counter-proliferation officials selected Wilson and asked his wife to contact him.

Two of my friends who are pros on the tour put me on the pro doubles association calendar and asked if I wanted to have a tournament, so I said yes.

Stephanie Davis

When someone asked me to dinner for the first time over text message, I found it more than a little insulting. So I sent him a reply suggesting that he pick up the phone and ask me out properly. I never heard from him again.

When Sirius asked me if I wanted to program a channel committed solely to Elvis, it was a no-brainer. Everybody has an Elvis connection. I don't care who you are or where you're from, you know who Elvis is. This is no gimmick; we're not going away.

When Sir Humphry Davy returned from a visit to Paris he was asked how the picture galleries had impressed him. "The finest collection of frames I ever saw," he said.

When she went to the kindergarten to pick up the child, the teachers questioned her and asked her if she was a family member. When she said she wasn't, the teachers wouldn't let the child go as they thought it could be dangerous.

Angela Davis

When she was 4 1/2, she asked for three straight months if she could take skating lessons, ... I didn't know where that came from because I had never skated and none of her friends had either.

When she asked me to do it she's not very tall my mind wasn't exactly going towards the steeple.

Scott Phillips

When Scott asked me to marry him and I said 'yes,' I realized that moment was bigger than getting married. 'I'm going to stay. I'm actually going to commit to this.'

Martin Rees

When scientists are asked what they are working on, their response is seldom 'Finding the origin of the universe' or 'Seeking to cure cancer.' Usually, they will claim to be tackling a very specific problem - a small piece of the jigsaw that builds up the big picture.

Harry Redknapp

When Milan spoke with me and told me about this guy, I never asked for any assurances. The chairman just said 'I'm looking to do something with someone Harry. It's going to be good for the club, they desperately want you this that and the other', so I said 'that's fine'. It sounds as if he will be exciting for the club.

Finally, I tapped him on the shoulder and asked him why he was hating on my son.

Fifty people, at least, have asked about what to do to eliminate birds in their trees, in their barns.

Few, if any, landowners in Montana are asked to give up property rights in exchange for hypothetical 'credit' in an unrelated public discussion about the use of public lands. Montana landowners are not known for relinquishing valid existing property rights.

Bindi Irwin

'Return To Nim's Island', I was so honored to be asked to play the role of Nim because I loved the original film, the 2008 film 'Nim's Island.'

The real lesson (from Katrina) that I think the citizens learned is that the people in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi did not leave in time, ... We've always asked people to leave earlier, but because of Katrina, they are now listening to us and they're leaving.

Yotam Ottolenghi

There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Successful fiction does not need to be validated by 'real life'; I cringe whenever a writer is asked how much of a novel is 'real'.

Frank Miller

You do Batman right, and he's going to be popular. He's a great character. I was once asked by somebody if writing 'Batman' was like holding a Ming vase or something. And I said, 'No, it's like holding a big-ass diamond that you can't break. You can throw him against the ceiling, against the floor, anywhere, and you just can't break Batman.'

Franklin Graham

I was 22 years old when I asked Christ to come into my heart. You cannot be born a Christian; you can only be converted. And that is by putting your faith and trust in Christ.

Demetri Martin

I like women, but you can't always trust them. Some of them are big liars, like this one woman I met who had a dog. I asked her her dog's name and then I asked, 'Does he bite?' and she said, 'No.' And I said, 'So how does he eat?' Liar!

Hoda Kotb

So I go to my first book signing, and these two girls came up and gave me a piece of paper: '10 reasons you should date our dad. He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. He's a lawyer.' He didn't know what was going on. He didn't even know me. They called him, and he came down and asked me out that day. Now I'm dating their dad!

David J. C. MacKay

I was writing a book about sustainable energy, and a friend asked me, 'Well, how much energy do you use at home?' And I was embarrassed. I didn't actually know.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

I'm so proud to represent the people of South Florida. I was so honored when President Obama asked me to serve as chair of the Democratic Party. But there's one job I'm even more proud of, and that's being a mom to my three kids, Rebecca, Jake and Shelby.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

So the tough questions that have been asked of Sarah Palin thus far just have been about the fact that she doesn't know anything and isn't ready to be vice president. That's fair game and it has nothing to do with her gender.

Ian Axel

Producers on Broadway approached us with an original script after relaunching ourselves as 'A Great Big World,' and wanted us to write the music. They asked us to make the music we would sing if we could, and so we can go a little crazier. We refer to it as 'our music on steroids.'