Asking Quotes

I want to be like Solomon, and instead of asking for riches ask for wisdom and creativity.

I’m asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington...I’m asking you to believe in yours.

What we should be asking is not whether we need a big government or small government, but how we can create a smarter and better government.

We are reduced to asking others what we are. We never dare to ask ourselves.

A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.

Fine! I'll throw on some clothes. Turn around. I'm in my pj's" "I'm a guy. That's like asking a kid not to glance at the candy counter.

If you are asking me if I would advocate that the Chinese go to greater flexibility in their exchange rate, I certainly would.

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.

[The Republicans] are always asking the Muslims to denounce their extremists. And I agree with them. But they don't take that note and do it among their own. They don't denounce their own extremists.

Glenn Beck retired or got fired...and a lot of people are asking who will now speak for the raving lunatics who startle you outside of a parking garage?

Some people fold after making one timid request. They quit too soon. Keep asking until you find the answers. In sales there are usually four or five "no's" before you get a "yes."

Asking what the question is, and why the question is asked, is always asking a pertinent question.

The American dream does not happen by asking Americans to accept what's immoral and wrong in the name of tolerance.

Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but it doesn't mean anything.

There's no mystery to confidence, it's just about self knowledge. It's savvy to know which of our flaws can be changed, and which ones to accept and let go. Then, asking the best of the good points.

India has reduced its dependence on Iranian oil. I know their refineries have stopped asking for orders to purchase Iranian oil.

I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks.

I'm an entertainer and I entertain people and they entertain me back by asking questions. And some of them I answer.

When you meet someone for the first time instead of asking them what they do, you should ask them what they've always wanted to do. This conversation will be much more interesting.

When I first got to the majors in 2004, female fans held up signs asking me to marry them. Those girls today were what, 13, 14? I'm 23, but that's a little young even for me.

Soup's on and I got a coupon. Chinese restaurant asking for the Grey Poupon. He said "No, duck sauce, soy sauce... And this ain't no Burger King, so you no get no toy, boss."

People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable.

I said to the players before the start, 'Just go out and give it 100 per cent. I am not asking for any more than that'.

The best educators I have met never stop asking questions. Some of them have taught for forty years and continue to be energized by new possibilities.

When you know absolutely nothing about the topic, make your forecast by asking a carefully selected probability sample of 300 others who don't know the answer either.

Some people are asking me questions like this is a more shocking subject, which is so strange.

But I also meant that loving someone really opening your heart to them is just asking to have your heart smashed and handed back to you in little pieces.

In cases of doubtful morality, it is usual to say is there any harm in doing this? This question may sometimes be best answered by asking ourselves another; is there any harm in letting it alone?

If you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life. A good life is not measured by any biblical span.

People kept asking, Whats your market? Ive got no idea at all other than me, an eleven year old kid in a 56-year-old body. But there are a lot of us out there.

When we have done our very, very best, papa, and that is not enough, then I think the right time must have come for asking help of others.

If you're asking for a date, forget it. 'Cause I make it a point not to go out with women who shoot me in the head!

Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it.

The act of trying keeps me excited, looking, asking questions and learning.

When will you start asking different questions? Better questions?

But it's a poor fellow who can't take his pleasure without asking other people's permission.

The things the writers have me doing on Suburgatory are insane. I think they think it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

My son's always showing me pictures of dinosaurs and asking me what their names are. I dont know so I make stuff up: That son is a thesaurus.

It was not easy with a newborn, asking your wife to give up the family home and your security.

Additionally, I will be respectfully asking countries, such as Germany, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, to pay more for the tremendous security we provide them.

Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have.

And then what makes the work interesting is if you choose the right questions.

Too much of this book knowledge just leads to doubts and confusion. You get too many doubts asking 'what is this?' and 'what is that?', and you waste a lot of time in this conflict.

The great questions are those an intelligent child asks and, getting no answers, stops asking.

I speak relatively little, except when I'm at home and I'm asking for things.

I think my heart is in a very good place. And I think this is why I'm achieving what I've been asking to do in the universe for so long.

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

If you get people asking the wrong questions, you don't have to worry about the answers.

A well-trained man knows how to answer questions; an educated man knows what questions are worth asking.

We're all taking on too much, we're all asking too much of ourselves. We're all wishing we could do more, and therefore just doing more.