Famous Quotes & Sayings

The system can't do what we're asking it to do. That system was designed to protect mostly agricultural land.

The thought never crossed my mind about not starting the season until a few reporters started asking me about it. In my mind, I'll be there. I'll be ready.

The thinking was there was a new sheriff in town. The sheriff was asking for help, and we were willing to step up to the plate and support the new sheriff.

Johnny Manziel

The thing that's caught me off guard is going to dinner and people asking me for autographs or to take a picture. People coming to my house asking for autographs - that's something I really haven't grasped the whole entirety of yet.

Hines Ward

I've never done anything like it before, ... I've never had a hamstring injury before, so I've been asking guys how to handle it.

Brian Holt

It's asking for trouble. It's trying to make the highest mark and be king of the hill. When you go up, you disturb the surface of the snow and that can make the whole slide come down.

Its a big day tomorrow, ... Doug runs Bernstein. Thats exciting to watch. (Fans are asking me what its like to be in a points battle) and I say, you know what? Its exciting. Its exciting to be in it. Just because I drive a race car doesnt mean Im not a race fan. As soon as Im done, Im watching them. Its not just that were in a points battle, but Bernstein and Kalitta? Thats a stout race. Bernstein just hauled butt down the track and Kalitta just smoked the tires. You can be sure its going to have their stomachs turning.

It's a better way, I think, to go out and preserve land than always asking the government to do it for us.

It was one of those things where, if the IT department isn't asking the right questions, then the business side is probably not providing the right answers. Then you've got to back step and redesign things.

Larry Brown

It wasn't only him (who was injured) at the time. But he was playing at such a high level. The first 30, 40 games, I thought he got better every game. His stats might not reflect that, but just in terms of what we were asking him to do. It set us way back and it set him way back.

It was basically just friends asking me to come out and try it and I thought 'why not?' ... And now, this is like a family to me.

There's been so much learning on the job for the small firms, and that's hard to replicate. It's not the kind of environment the full-service firms are used to. It's like asking horse-racers to drive Ferraris.

There's a lot of sheet metal out there that could blow around and hurt somebody, so we're asking people to stay away for safety reasons.

The scores may not be indicating it, but we are coming together and playing better. We've already seen tons of improvement. We're asking a lot of our sophomores and freshmen to play on the varsity level, but hopefully, they'll see what good volleyball is and what it takes to get there.

The scope of the study is huge and a million dollars may be way low for what you are asking for.

The rule was the certain deadline that had been set, ... You're asking for special permission, and I don't think that's fair.

The rules are clear. We will be asking for the money back.

I've thought about the possibility of not asking those guys to block at all, ... When we try to block, that's when we get the penalties. I've thought about not asking them to block and just letting Dennis making somebody miss on his own.

Gordon Smith

I've never seen an elected group of people so unresponsive to what people are asking for.

It's an unbelievable market. I've had sellers call and say they want to double the asking rice for their homes. I'm sure I'm going to make a lot of enemies, but that just shouldn't be. I want business but I don't want bad business. I won't take their listing.

It really depends on whether people choose to stay home and meditate and reflect, as we are asking people to do.

I trusted David when I talked to him. I listened to his work ethic and what he was trying to achieve, and I believed him. From the moment he got here he's been wanting to practice. He's been asking me, 'How are we going to get better?' That's what we want.

George Herbert

Many things are lost for want of asking.

Jasper Fforde

Edward, Edward," he said with a patronising smile, "there are no unanswered questions of any relevance. Every question that we need to ask has been answered fully. If you can't find the correct answer then you are obviously asking the wrong question.

Hillary Clinton

I took the unprecedented step of asking that the State Department make all my work-related emails public for everyone to see.

Janis Karpinski

You take a request down - literally, you take a request to the Finance Office. If the Pay Officer recognized your face and you were asking for $450,000 to pay a contractor for work, they would pay you in cash: $450,000. Out of control.

You sometimes need help navigating through that process. And this way, when you call, you're calling a person rather than just asking if there's somebody who can help you.

You should wake up everyday, as a person traveling in the region, asking what can I do to reduce my fuel consumption and what can I do to reduce my emissions in the region.

You're going to see a lot of terrible, terrible evidence. A lot of terrible, terrible photos. What I'm asking you to do is wait until you hear everything. To see things maybe in a different way.

Bob Hartley

You never like to see any of your players or teammates go down. There was blood on the ice and everything and when you see players and the referees asking for help it's not a pretty good feeling because you're helpless.

You're asking us to give you lessons learned when class is still in session.

Bob Kerrey

You're asking too much of me right now. ... I'm just trying to get a private memory, public.

Bill Cowher

You're asking them to stand up for the first time. They look around and, after about a year, they see the game differently. You have to be patient with them.