Ask Me Quotes - Page 27

• If you ask me, we could do with a little less motivation. - The people who are causing all the trouble seem highly motivated to me. - Serial killers, stock swindlers, drug dealers, Christian Republicans.

  George Carlin

  Christian, Motivation, People

  George Carlin (2015). “3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?”, p.112, Hachette UK

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• Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Six, World, Forget

  Napoleon Bonaparte (2010). “The Corsican: The Virtual Diary of Napoleon Bonaparte”, p.134, Fireship Press

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• ... Urban friends ask me how I can stand living here, 'so far from everything?' When I hear this question over the phone, I'm usually looking out the window at a forest, a running creek, and a vegetable garden, thinking: Define everything.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Running, Garden, Thinking

  Barbara Kingsolver (2010). “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating”, p.208, Faber & Faber

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• So when this opportunity came up through Elisabeth Murdoch and her company Shine, to be an executive producer and actually be part of the show, I liked the idea because I like the word mentor. I don't want to judge someone. I like sharing my knowledge with my girls, and anything they ask me I'll try to do to help them. Any of my real friends who know me, know that's how I really am.

  Naomi Campbell

  Girl, Real, Opportunity

  Interview Magazine Interview, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 12, 2013.

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• I'm determined, and I'm passionate and driven about whatever I commit myself to do. If I don't know something, I'm going to ask, and I've got no problems in asking questions. I never have. People ask me, "Are you nervous when you go on the runway? You don't look it." Yes, I am.

  Naomi Campbell

  Asking Questions, People, Looks

  Interview Magazine Interview, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 12, 2013.

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• I like rock music. I also like classical, if you ask me. I'm very adaptable, they say that. But I have certain preference too, be honest.

  Tommy Wiseau

  Rocks, Honest, Rock Music

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Everyone always asks me who my muse is, or who's the girl I have in mind, which is such a hard question for me to answer because I feel like it's a sensibility that varies for each individual.

  Alexander Wang

  Girl, Mind, Answers

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Don't ask me, I don't know

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Knows, Asks

  Twitter post from Jun 08, 2015

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• When people ask me what I do for a living, I generally tell them 'I run a hedge fund.' The majority give me a strange look, so I quickly add, 'I am a money manager.' When the strange look persists, as it often does, I correct it to simply, 'I'm an investor.' Everyone knows what that is.

  David Einhorn

  Running, People, Giving

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• If you should ask me what are the ways of God, I would tell you that the first is humility, the second is humility, and the third is humility. Not that there are no other precepts to give, but if humility does not preceed all that we do, our efforts are fruitless.

  Saint Augustine

  Humility, Giving, Effort

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• Since I got a divorce, I have been dating younger guys. But it's just because they're the ones that ask me out.

  Jerry Hall

  Divorce, Dating, Guy

  "Jerry Hall seeks mate". The Associated Press Interview, www.smh.com.au. June 7, 2005.

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• It's funny, everywhere I go some people ask me whether it's going to be a Latino breakthrough, some people ask me whether it's going to be a female breakthrough, and then I'm reminded that five years ago we didn't even know Barack Obama's name.

  Gwen Ifill

  Years, Names, People

  "Gwen Ifill’s Truth". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. March 29, 2009.

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• I meet people who can't get healthcare for their families, people who are just distressed over what is happening in our country. So when somebody asks me, "How do you get up?" it really triggered in me the feeling that that's what I want us all to think about each other. How do we get up? How do we pull on our shoes, go out and deal with the problems America faces. That's what I intend to do as president.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Thinking, Shoes

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Listen, you listen to the work and you decide whether you want to support it. But don't ask me why I'm doing it, because I really do not know the answer.

  Joe Frank

  Support, Answers, Want

  Interview with Jonathan Goldstein, believermag.com. March 1, 2013.

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• People ask me who is my favorite country artist. I say, you mean besides George Jones.

  Johnny Cash

  Country, Mean, People

  "RIP George Jones: 1931-2013" by Rich Kienzle, communityvoices.post-gazette.com. April 26, 2013.

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• If you ask me, the hypothetical zenith of gaming technology is direct neural interface - no body to hamper you and your brain is in whatever you want it to be in. Plus it leads to existential uncertainty, which could be entertaining.

  Yahtzee Croshaw

  Technology, Brain, Zenith

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• I'm having a great life. And I'm 73 and they still phone me up and ask me to do a job here and there.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Jobs, Phones, Here And There

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I love to see new talent, new people beginning. It's a wonderful thing, and one wonders where their journey will take them. Sometimes they ask me for advice but it's very difficult to advise people. Everyone has their own destiny really.

  Greg Lake

  Destiny, Journey, People

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• Ask me no reason why I love you; for though Love use Reason for his physician, he admits him not for his counsellor.

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Physicians, Use

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edward Capell, Alexander Pope, George Steevens (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.54

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• Jesus was a suicide, if you ask me.

  Marsha Norman

  Suicide, Jesus, Ifs

  Marsha Norman (1983). “'Night, Mother”, p.17, Dramatists Play Service Inc

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• People always ask me if I wish I were bigger. I tell them no. I always wanted to be a miniature badass.

  Dustin Pedroia

  Badass, People, Wish

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• I ask people what piece they are on the chessboard. And some people say 'I'm the king' or 'I'm the knight.' And then they ask me what piece I am, and I say, 'I'm no piece. I take the position of God.'

  RZA

  Kings, Knights, People

  The RZA (2009). “The Tao of Wu”, p.37, Penguin

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• People always ask me what I'm doing on the subway, but I love it! Sometimes I like to ride in the front car and look out the window at the rats.

  John Waters

  Car, People, Looks

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• When people ask me if I have a boyfriend, I tell them it’s my guitar because, really, it’s what I love and it’s what takes up all my time.

  Michelle Branch

  Guitar, People, My Time

  "News Again: Michelle Branch". Interview with Dimitri Ehrlich, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 24, 2017.

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• People ask me if I'd permit fancy things, like dunks. Well, if they did dunk, it was with no fancy flair. No behind-the-back dribbles or passes unless necessary. If it was for show, you were on the bench.

  John Wooden

  Fancy Things, People, Benches

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