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Women rule the world. It's not really worth fighting because they know what they're doing. Ask Napoleon. Ask Adam. Ask Richard Burton or Richie Sambora. Many a man has crumbled.

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.

A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable for him to do in art.

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?

I am 100 percent supportive of the stand-alone bill to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' that Sens. Lieberman and Collins have now proposed, and indeed I will co-sponsor that legislation. It is time for this discriminatory policy to end, and I am willing to pursue any effective legislative path that could lead to that result.

In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job.

If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying you hate them just because you're so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.

There is another common misapprehension that the magnitude scale is itself some kind of instrument or apparatus. Visitors will frequently ask to 'see the scale.'

The time has come to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' It is the right thing to do. Every American should have the opportunity to serve their country, regardless of race, sex, creed, or sexual orientation.

We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.

Art and money are closely related. Try sitting down with a group of artists and ask them what's on their mind. Very quickly the topic shifts to money. And it can be very hard to get them off that subject.

It's amazing how people will give when you don't ask. Many of them send money because they believe in the message.

Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people.

People don't really want to know what happens. They ask you for just a second, but then they don't want to know.

For some reason, it never crossed any mind in this administration to ask for the money back.

Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.

People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant.

When you try on something, you have to ask yourself, 'How many ways could I wear this? Could I wear it to work? To dinner or drinks? Will it span the seasons' If you have to think too hard about those questions, then skip it.

People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking.

People always ask me if I could live in any other era what would it be, and I tell them none! I feel so lucky to live in an age where technology has changed and continues to change and make life so much more exciting. It keeps everyone young and constantly learning new things.

This is not an election where we hand out gifts. It is an election where we ask everyone to contribute more.

Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.

What I advise clients is, sell, pay the tax and be happy. Don't ask me to find a replacement unless it's land.

The fact of the matter is it's very reasonable to ask the wealthiest estates to pay their share. We did that since Teddy Roosevelt, a Republican president.

I taught principally German language and literature at Eton. But any master with private pupils must be prepared to teach anything they ask for. That can be as diverse as the early paintings of Salvador Dali or how bumblebees manage to fly.

Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty, of public equality, and public responsibility. It must not be denied them.

Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.

Shoot first and ask questions later, and don't worry, no matter what happens, I will protect you.

People still come up to me and ask whether I am Louise Brown or if they've seen me somewhere else before.