Famous Quotes & Sayings

Buffalo Bill

So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked me all manner of questions on the way, and I found that he knew my father well, and remembered his tragic death in Salt Creek Valley.

Bryce Dallas Howard

I did a play in New York at the public theater, a Shakespeare play, and M. Night Shyamalan, who is the writer/director of 'The Village,' came and saw me in the play and asked to go to lunch afterwards.

Princess Anne

We urge the countries which have committed assistance to provide it and I've asked the United Nations to push donor countries to fulfill those commitments,

Sam Donaldson

We understand the investigation is continuing, and we have been asked by authorities not to comment further at this time.

Gurinder Chadha

Constantly, I've been asked to make a sequel to 'Beckham.' However, I thought a West End show was the proper way to go. Once we made the show, I wanted to make sure that I embraced the West End genre rather than just put the film on stage.

When I was asked to play 'Miss Marple,' I was given the Kevin Elyot script for 'The Body in the Library.' I was a fan of his theatre work anyway, and I just thought it was brilliant. I was immediately taken by 'Miss Marple,' so I read some of the novels, and I knew I had to do it.

Bobby Cox

I knew I'd never make it back to the major leagues as a player. Lee MacPhail came to me and asked if I wanted to manage the Yankees' Fort Lauderdale club. I thought about it for a day or two and decided to take the job. That was the turning point. I knew it was what I wanted to do.

Allison Tolman

Someone asked me about how it feels to wear the same costume every day and whether it gets tired or boring, but the good thing about it is that you know what to expect, every day.

Abbe Pierre

The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.

I realize that much will be asked of me, yet I am resolved to accept it as a great and splendid task.

Barbara Hambly

Someone asked me the other day what it feels like to see all my 'old stuff' reappearing, at long last, in digital. And I had to smile because to me it doesn't feel like 'old stuff.'

The parents of the victims have asked us to continue with our investigations and say their children would be prepared to testify.

Mick Garris

The only thing we asked for was smart and scary.

This recent announcement proves that free markets work. After listening to its customers, McDonald's is taking responsible steps to provide them with the tools they've asked for to make informed choices. At the end of the day, it's personal responsibility, including educated, individual choices about food intake and physical activity, which make the difference--not government intervention or litigious arm-twisting.

The only thing I can say is this seems to be what was asked of the petitioners. You're getting rid of a horrible situation where cars are coming in and out at will.

The only thing I asked of John was try not to get trapped on the rail. Give him a place to run.

Jerry Glanville

The only thing I asked (Jones) is if I had to wear a shirt with a flower on it, ... I didn't look at last year's defense.

The phone company can also be asked to make contact with the owner,

The PFA asked the CMS to crosswalk footwear devices listed under the A-codes to similar devices listed under L-codes. That would have given the CMS more current usual and customary pricing for those devices. However, CMS was required to go back to the first fee schedule, established in 1989, for a base fee to determine pricing for 2005. That is why 2005 fees are lower than 2004 numbers.

There are important and complex questions to be asked but I do think that we need to ask these questions.

We lured him away from cricket and asked him to do the same for tennis. He has some great initiatives and one of them is a 'tennis in schools' program so we'll touch every kid who is in school in Australia and give them a tennis experience.

Stephen Fleming

We were surprised to be asked to bat, but certainly not disappointed. We're OK, and we're happy with what we have seen in the pitch.

The reason we're going into Iraq is because this is a very significant time and ... the president (George W. Bush) asked us to go in to show support for this new government.

Mark Krikorian

There has never been a public opinion poll that indicates Americans want more immigration. Obviously, if the public were asked ... they'd say no to doubling legal immigration.

When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check.

Ivor Novello

Whenever I am asked if I go to hear my Fortune told, I invariably reply, No. I don't go because I don't believe in it-I believe in it too much!

Jamie Hyneman

When Domino's Pizza approached M5 Industries and asked us to design and build the Steak Fanatic Pizza Couch, I knew it was something we wanted to be part of. The Steak Fanatic Pizza Couch is like a guy's dream come true -- only the coolest gadgets and Domino's Pizza all within arm's reach.

Henri Matisse

When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back on the ticket. I would have felt I was deserting. If everyone of any value leaves France, what will remain of France?

We kept a log on who called us back or faxed us back and asked them a couple of questions ... We feel we have a good working relationship with the media during the daytime hours but we're trying to get a handle on their after-hours systems if we had to send out a fax.

We thought if we were going to have a chance it would be to control the tempo. The challenge tonight was that we asked them to do something that is different than what we typically do but, again, we felt like that was our best opportunity. It got up-tempo a little bit in the second half and that?s when you could see the separation in the athletic ability.

We think this auction process that we've asked the court to approve...will flush out the real interest in the company,

This year they kind of got down to the wire and most of what we asked for ? besides fuel and power ? did not get funded. We're caught in kind of a dilemma. We've got to defend the quality of the university.

This year they assigned wrestling officials - which they hadn't really done before. I went to the head official and asked to be placed with Brian sometime during the tournament. He granted Rich's wish. Brian's a young kid who's done a tremendous job and I enjoyed working with him.