Famous Quotes & Sayings

We're not asking people to cut down everything. We just want people to make a defensible space.

We're not asking for the sun, the stars and the moon, we're asking for an inflationary increase, ... Our preference would be to settle this legislatively, if we can. But ultimately we have to be willing to take this to the people.

We're not asking for a trip to the movies, we're just asking for what everyone else receives.

We're not asking for any public subsidy of any kind. But the height of the new buildings is what provides the subsidy.

We're not asking for any kind of special treatment for him. We want them to follow their own rules.

We're not asking for amnesty. It's about respect. And taking to the streets is a way to make a statement.

We're not asking for a handout here, we're asking for an investment.

We're not asking for a blank check. What it's saying is, if we have extra earnings, the district could legally say we're going to use it toward these projects.

Rick Honeycutt

We're not asking anything that they haven't done before. Just to give us what should be a normal year. My biggest job is to get them back to what they do best.

We're awfully familiar with one another. It's tough enough beating a team three times. Four is asking for a lot.

Garrett Gomez

To picture him doing what he just accomplished? No. From 5½ to a mile and an eighth in a short period of time and beat the kind of horses he did, that's asking a lot.

We knew we were good, but we kept asking ourselves what the hell is our problem. We were wondering why we can't win this game or that game. Why we can't win close games. The one thing this team does lack is experience on the court.

At every home I visit, people are asking for tax relief. That is consistent and persistent.

Winky Wright

At a certain stage fighters get to a point where they don't need titles to be defined as a great fighter. I think titles are a great thing to have, don't get me wrong. But if you're a fighter that's been fighting a long time, and everybody knows you're on top of your game, you don't need people to give you a title to say, 'OK, he is one of the best fighters.' All I'm saying is if you put the titles up there, I'll win the titles. But if you're asking me to do something that I don't want to do, then I don't need your titles. I want to be a fans' champions. I want to fight who the fans want to see me fight.

Asking the right questions will never lead you to the wrong answers.

Dennis Crowley

Asking Siri where the nearest sushi bar is - that's not interesting. What's interesting is asking your phone where one of your friends have last had dinner in the neighborhood, or having it recommend a cool paella place in Barcelona because it knows you eat paella all the time at home.

Asking rents are going to continue rising in 2006 and beyond due to the increased cost of development. This is another example of a developer being required to shift design plans to meet the current economic conditions of the construction industry.

Asking people to vote on matters that are kept secret from them is a farce. It's a joke to say you can operate a free government when the people don't know what's going on.

Jen Lancaster

Asking me to choose between a traditional book and a Kindle is like asking me which of my dogs I love most.

Chris Dodd

Asking her to stay on, at least until January, gives the president time to think these things through,

Christopher Dodd

Asking her to stay on, at least until January, gives the president a bit more time to think this process through, rather than trying to jam decisions.

Asking for this information is important. You've got to have open government ? if it's not open, there are some serious problems for the future.

Asking for opinions doesn't mean that you're giving up the right to make the final call; it just helps you make a better decision.

asking for many extras that we have denied.

Asking for a less burdensome severance pay regulation doesn't mean that we want to avoid paying it.

Ann Landers

Asking a writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp post how it feels about dogs

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs

Christopher Hampton

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post how it feels about dogs.

As we were using Oracle Tutor, the company started asking what software solution was out there to help us out. Integration was a big thing for us.

A backlash is quite easy to have. We're asking the public of this country not to fall into this trap.

Ashley Smith

About a month ago, he didn't come to school and we had subs, and we were all wondering what was going on. We tried asking the school and they wouldn't tell us any information.

About 400-500 children will walk to the French embassy to give a memorandum to President Chirac asking him to revoke the ban.

It's been suggested to me that we might be justified in asking for a current traffic count at about Russell Street,