Famous Quotes & Sayings

We (the government) will send a letter to the Quartet, which would convene soon, asking for their interference to try to stop building the wall, and we have earlier sent a similar letter to the UN secretary-general. We need an international pressure on Israel to force it to change its positions.

To combat heart disease, the No.1 killer in New York City, we are asking restaurants to voluntarily make an oil change,

I thought the preparation for the autumn was spot-on. We are asking Martin (Corry) and the team to play at their very best, and we want to give them every opportunity to do that.

I think were asking a little too much to think about it having that kind of impact. But it's not going to do any damage whatsoever. It would be nice to see some effect from it. It's going to be a pretty important final month for Matt.

David Paul

I think we'll have to be prudent about not asking for too much but enough for the district to continue improving.

I thought our offensive line played pretty well tonight, and I think they're getting better. I think (Ridley) is starting to understand what we're asking of him. Stevan has a lot of talent, and he's starting to understand he has to do the things Coach (Matt) Mason and I want him to do. He's done that the last two weeks, and it's showed on both sides of the ball.

I think all the rule changes that they made this year was to give a better show for the fans, and I love the changes, I think most of them have worked. But the touch icing is one rule I'd like to see changed. It's just asking for an injury.

I think it was because it was six o'clock at night ... I will be asking the judge to reconsider it considering the lateness of the night and we'll see.

I think they will talk to rugby union. You can't blame him for asking what the bottom line is.

J. Taylor

I think they were asking for a burst of change, but not ... business as usual. I think what we got tonight was business as usual.

I think that would take a toll on the kids, asking them to get out of school early that much. Dealing with that many make up games would have made it difficult to keep up with their work.

John Templeton

We may find the Divine to be 3,000 times what we think it is now. It's like asking the tulip there to explain you.

How will our defense play this year? That?s what I?ve been asking myself. Each day we work at practice on team defense and then individual defensive skills. We are going to be inexperienced in this area.

Flemming Rose

I do not think they are asking for respect in this case. They want me to follow one of their taboos in the public domain. And I think there's a very fundamental principle in secular society that you cannot insist on everybody paying special attention to your religious feelings.

Herman Edwards

He has not played a lot of football since the season was over with, and it's a little bit of a new offense, asking to do some things a little different. One thing about Chad, he's very, very hard on himself, and he'll bounce back.

This was not something I sought out. My family came to me twice asking me to come into business with them.

Saul Alinsky

Asking a sociologist to solve a problem is like prescribing an enema for diarrhea.

Alex Salmond

On the streets of Livingston people have been asking why the chancellor has failed to do his part to limit the rapid rise in petrol and diesel costs,

Horace

Refrain from asking what is going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.

Patients who come in asking about this treatment are usually at the end of their rope. This is a good last resort for people like Alicia and it's a good first line of defense.

If your interest rate is relatively low then there is only really one way of getting the balance of payments to balance in the medium to long term, which is to offer more of your currency at each time of asking for foreign capital.

If you're asking if we should reinvest all our profits, I'm all for it. But I don't think our shareholders would understand.

Julius Genachowski

If you're in government, the right thing to do is be focused on solving real problems and asking what's the best solution to a particular problem.

It has to be clear that the mandate we will be asking from the population in the next election is to hold the referendum as soon as possible in the mandate.

I just cringe to think what the average tourist would think of our downtown after visiting St. Louis Centre. If I see conventioneers down here asking where to shop, I never send them to St. Louis Centre.

I just know I am not going to let my parents die. They made it sound like we were asking for something for free.

Jacqueline Woodson

I realized if I didn't start talking to my relatives, asking questions, thinking back to my own beginnings, there would come a time when those people wouldn't be around to help me look back and remember.

I personally just thought it was an earthquake. ... Fifteen minutes later, I started to get phone calls from, basically, people asking us if we were all right.

Richard Dreyfuss

Cindy Sheehan is making a starting point with the questions she is asking and it's not unpatriotic to ask them, ... It's actually a higher form of patriotism.

Clients are becoming more global; they're realizing that markets are more interconnected. It's no longer the local regional clients buying the local regional flavors. It's everybody asking for everything.

Be aware of who in your life is actually interested in hearing you discuss your writing, and who's just asking to be polite. Listening to writers talk about their work is often excruciatingly dull.

Before banks wanted to see three comparable sales. Now lenders are asking for a fourth and a fifth comparable.

Brooks Robinson

He wrote that he met with Powhatan and was fed cornbread and venison at a big banquet, ... Was he forced to write the letter? Well, the Indians couldn't read English, so they wouldn't have known if he was asking for help.