Asks Quotes

Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say I'm thirsty, not dirty.

Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.

'What do you really think happens after you die?' That's the question that everyone, everyone, everyone asks. And I'm so sick of it. But my true answer is, I don't know. And there's no way I'm going to find out 'til it happens.

If somebody asks for my opinion, I tell them my opinion, whether it's what they want to hear or not.

Sometimes a serendipitous reaction occurs when a network asks you if you have any ideas for a series, at a time when your creative flow is working in that direction.

The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

It's always when you think that you've lost a little of the baby weight that someone steps in grabs a handful of a now sans baby soft belly and asks the inevitable 'When are you due?'

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write.

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.

Interest in certain themes doesn't mandate a personal stake or personal experience of those themes. I've killed people in plays, but no one asks me what it's like to kill people.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous.

When my daughter asks, 'What do you do?', every movie I have a different answer. As she grows, she wants more explanations.

Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition.

Governor Romney has a record of tremendous accomplishments. But he never asks for accolades. He just asks, 'How can I help?' That's the mark of a true leader: A humble focus on getting the job done.

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.

I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan?

Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy.

Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career.

Everyone asks, Will he make it, will she make it? You never make it.

I'm sure the next time Piers Morgan asks me to host his show again I will ask President Obama to be my guest.

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.

I always have a Sharpie, because usually when someone asks me for an autograph, they don't have a pen. I carry one in my purse, as well as in my tennis bag.

Memorizing dialogue has always come easy and quickly to me. My wife Eileen is also very helpful. She gives me choices, and asks me questions, and runs my lines with me.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.