“I'm not asking for more entitlement programs; I'm asking for more enterprise.” ProgramAskingEnterpriseEntitlementEntitlement Programs Author:Van Jones
“I can still go grocery shopping and not get mobbed. But when I was in South Africa this summer, I had people asking for autographs, and that scared me.” PeopleStillsI CanSummerAskingSouthScaredShoppingSouth AfricaGroceriesAutographsGrocery Shopping Author:Evangeline Lilly
“There are photos of Kim Jong-un right up atop the volcano. I actually wrote a letter to him asking if I could speak on camera. I never got an answer. But what was interesting was the people who were responsible for us, our "guards," it took them two days to figure out how I should address him. "President? No, you can't because there's a president for eternity." And it was a time when his status was still in flux. Only a few months later there was this party congress which assigned an official title to him, but that was after we did our film.” PeopleIfsShouldStillsTwoFilmSpeakPresidentAnswersInterestingPartyFiguresMonthsLettersEternityAskingResponsibleCamerasCongressTitlesOfficialsIf I CouldAddressesTwo DaysKimFluxVolcanoes Author:Werner Herzog
“Asking about acting to me is like asking about junior high.” ActingAskingJuniorsJunior High Author:Taylor Momsen
“I am excited about the next generation of leaders. I have a hunch there will be a whole group of people who will decide they will stand up; I know people 15 years old asking me how to get into politics. So we will have a steady stream of new blood.” PeopleKnowsYearsWholeNextLeaderGenerationsGroupsBloodAskingExcitedStreamsSteadyNext GenerationHunches Author:Newt Gingrich
“I have a question for Republicans running for the House and the Senate. I'm asking this question with genuine sincerity: Why should people vote for you? It's clear that you don't want to stop Hillary Clinton.” PeopleWantShouldRunningHouseClearRepublicanVoteAskingClintonGenuineSinceritySenate Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Because of my experience in Occupy, instead of asking the question, "Who will benefit from this system I'm implementing with the data?" I started to ask the question, "What will happen to the most vulnerable?" Or "Who is going to lose under this system? How will this affect the worst-off person?" Which is a very different question from "How does this improve certain people's lives?"” PeoplePersonsDoeDifferentHappensCertainAsksLosesWorstBenefitsAskingVulnerableDataImplementing Author:Cathy O'Neil
“I'm sure that those - well, I know for a fact that the prisoners, the political prisoners in the federal system, is asking [Barack Obama] for clemency or for some kind of release.” KnowsWellsKindFactsPoliticalAskingReleaseBarackPrisonerPolitical PrisonersClemency Author:Sekou Odinga
“I remember calling and asking, because I had a few lines that were like, "How could the character have done this?" and I hadn't read the part of the script that said what she [ Cate Blanchett] did, so they put me on the phone with Woody... Allen. I don't know if I could really say "Woody."” IfsKnowsSaidDoneCharacterRememberLinesCallingAskingScriptsPhonesIf I CouldWoody Author:Alden Ehrenreich
“We are in the target hairs in this election [2016]. We are all asking whether we are going to have a world at all or not going forward.” WorldHairAskingElectionTarget Author:Jill Stein
“One day in 1965 Rajiv wrote me from London, where he was studying, and informed me, 'You're always asking me about girls, whether I have a special girl, and so forth. Well, I've met a special girl.' And when Rajiv returned to India, I asked him, 'Do you still think about her in the same way?' And he said yes. But she couldn't get married until she was twenty-one, and until she was sure she'd like to live in India. Sonia is almost completely an Indian by now, even though she doesn't always wear saris.” ThinkingWayWellsSaidStillsGirlStudySpecialMetsOne DayMarriedIndiaTwentiesAskingLondonIndianTwenty OneSari Author:Indira Gandhi
“It doesn't take billions of dollars or complex medical technologies, and there doesn't have to be a dramatic upending to the current order. It's trying to change the mindset of people who deal with youth to have less judgement and more curiosity. That's asking a lot, emotionally it's asking people to step up and engage more. But what I often heard was that is easier for them to engage emotionally, than to just be angry and judgmental.” PeopleTryingOrderDealsStepsTechnologyHeardYouthEasierAskingAngryDollarsComplexesCuriosityCurrentsMindsetMedicalBillionsJudgementDramaticStep UpJudgmentalTrying To ChangeMedical Technology Author:James Redford
“I remember asking my mother if she believed in reincarnation and she said that that sounded very sensible, and I thought, yes, it does to me too. So I always believed in it. I can't remember when I didn't.” IfsDoeSaidI CanRememberMotherAskingSensibleReincarnationRemember WhenAlways Believe Author:Tenzin Palmo
“I'm simply asking that people who arrive from Cuba receive the same treatment as any other immigrant who comes from another country. The only difference, obviously, is that the Cuban Adjustment Act will remain in effect, that a Cuban who arrives today from Cuba may remain in the U.S.” PeopleMayCountryTodayDifferencesEffectsAskingTreatmentImmigrantsCubaAdjustmentCuban Author:Marco Rubio
“Puerto Rico is a government that is spending money that it doesn't have. What's coming in and what's going out don't match. That is, what they are receiving in taxes is not sufficient to cover the spending that they are taking on. And any entity that does that, whether a family, a business, a government, is going to go broke and bankrupt. They are asking to be given the right to declare bankruptcy, which I think should be an option, as a last resort, if there is no other resource.” IfsThinkingShouldDoeGovernmentLastsGivenTaxesResourcesAskingSpendingBrokeSufficientReceivingEntityGoing OutResortsBankruptcyPuerto RicoSpending MoneyRico Author:Marco Rubio
“They [ the government of Puerto Rico] are asking to be given the right to declare bankruptcy, which I think should be an option, as a last resort, if there is no other resource. But there also need to be measures, changes within the government of Puerto Rico, in the ways that the island's funds are administered, not just to deal with this budget issue, but also to have, to attract the economic growth that is necessary for Puerto Rico to begin to grow economically. They are losing population, and they are losing economically.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsShouldGovernmentLastsGivenGrowsGrowthDealsIssuesEconomicLosingResourcesAskingPopulationBudgetsIslandsFundResortsEconomic GrowthBankruptcyPuerto RicoRico Author:Marco Rubio
“Actually, I am asking for this: for something to be done. I think that if it had been one of the 50 states, something would have already been done. Unfortunately, you know, Puerto Rico is a territory. Very often they forget about Puerto Rico.” IfsThinkingKnowsStatesDoneForgetAskingTerritoryPuerto RicoRico Author:Marco Rubio
“If I'm a racist, why is one of the top civil rights activists of the 1960s asking me to be a centerpiece of the MLK dinner. Why am I the only one who has the guts to stand up to this Democrat Media Complex that insists that black people must exist on the Democrat plantation.” PeopleIfsBlackRightsMediaAskingDemocratComplexesDinnerCivil RightsGutsRacistActivistBlack People1960sPlantationsCenterpieces Author:Andrew Breitbart
“In fact, for the majority of the population, wages and incomes have stagnated and conditions have gotten worse. So they are asking, "what did I do wrong?" And the answer that the talk show host is giving them is convincing, in it's internal logic. It's saying, "what's wrong is the rich liberals own everything, run everything, they don't care about you; therefore, distrust them" and so on.” GivingFactsShowsCareRunningAnswersRichConditionsLogicAskingMajorityPopulationDon't CareIncomeInternalsHostWagesDistrustConvincingTalk ShowsWhat Did I Do Wrong Author:Noam Chomsky
“I did take one drawing class in school, but for this book I spent a lot of time talking to painters and asking them silly questions.” BookSchoolTalkingClassAskingDrawingSillyPainterClasses In School Author:Liza Campbell
“I witnessed a lot of violence, and I found myself asking the question: Do you ever use violence to try to bring about political change?” TryingUsePoliticalFoundViolenceAskingPolitical Change Author:Mairead Corrigan
“Are any of you out there worried that it means something bad that [Donald] Trump has decided not to prosecute Hillary [Clinton]? I'm just asking, because I'm hearing from people who are.” PeopleMeanTrumpDecidedAskingClintonHearingWorried Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Long ago I decided that this program has nothing to do, the success of the program depends nothing at all on who wins or loses elections. "Are you abandoning [Donald] Trump?" No, no, no, no, don't misunderstand, I'm just explaining. I should have told you. I get emails constantly from people asking me when am I going to Trump Tower. I'm not going to Trump Tower.” PeopleShouldLongWinningLosesDependsTrumpProgramDecidedShould HaveAskingElectionLong AgoTowersEmailExplainingWin Or Lose Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Of asking nothing of the reader - but offering a still, quiet oasis in the cybersphere to go vertical with God. An island of stillness to know that He is God.” KnowsStillsReaderQuietAskingIslandsStillnessOfferingOasisVertical Author:Ann Voskamp
“When I first covered [presidential election ] in 2008, I was asking questions for kids around the world, but mainly for myself. I didn't know the process, I didn't know how it worked. Now, of course, I'm more schooled on it, but I deal with so much politics in my fashion work and in Hollywood, that I haven't been as connected this time.” KnowsWorldFirstsKidsCoursesProcessDealsKnow HowFashionHavensHollywoodAskingElectionConnectedAround The WorldPresidentialCoveredAsking QuestionsSchooledPresidential Election Author:Lily Collins
“The flaw is the business plan - digging up and burning way more carbon than physics says we can deal with. So, I suppose it's some kind of mid-point between writing them nice letters asking them to stop and figuring out a way to take down the entire system- which I don't have any idea how to do.” WayWritingKindIdeasDealsNicePlansLettersAskingPhysicsBurningFlawsCarbonDiggingBusiness Plan Author:Bill McKibben
“For me, I'm not in an industry where I'm starving. I'm so lucky to have this job, I'm compensated for my work in an incredible way. But what I do ask is when I join a production I want to make sure that the male actor isn't making four times my salary, which has been true, or seven times my salary. And if that's true you go, you know what, I don't need this job. It's not really asking for more - it's asking for something that is respectable and equal to the male actor and you have to go, why are women being valued less?” IfsKnowsWayWantNeedsHas BeensJobsActorsAsksFourIndustryLuckyEqualAskingSevenMalesIncrediblesProductionsSalaryStarvingRespectableSo LuckyTrue You Author:Jessica Chastain
“I can easily say "no" to a project if the script isn't great, but when the script is good, then I start asking the other questions. Who's going to direct it? Who's the creator? Who are the actors? When are we shooting? Where is it shooting? All that kind of stuff.” IfsKindI CanActorsStuffProjectsDirectAskingScriptsCreatorShooting Author:Dominic Monaghan
“When employees tell you about their good ideas for the business, don't limit your response to asking questions, taking notes and following up. If you can, ask those people to lead their projects and take responsibility for them. From those experiences, they will then have built the confidence to take on more and you can take a further step back.” PeopleIfsIdeasAsksResponsibilityStepsLimitsProjectsBuiltAskingNotesResponseFollowingEmployeeGood IdeasTaking ResponsibilityAsking Questions Author:Richard Branson
“What is striking is that from almost from the very beginning of certainly by September and October of 1963, as the book was being constructed, that [Alex] Haley was vetting - asking questions to the publisher and to the publisher's attorney regarding many of the things that Malcolm X was saying. He was worried that he would not have a book that would have the kind of sting that he wanted.” KindBookWantedAskingWorriedSeptemberPublishersAlexOctoberAttorneyAsking QuestionsHaley Author:Manning Marable
“The Chinese in this country aren't asking for integration.” CountryAskingChineseIntegration Author:Malcolm X
“The only minority in America that's asking for integration is the so-called Negro, primarily because he is inferior, not inherently inferior, but he's economically, socially, politically inferior.” AmericaAskingMinoritiesInferiorsIntegration Author:Malcolm X
“We don't think that we're begging for anything. We think we're demanding what is ours by right. And all we're asking for is an opportunity to do something for ourselves, rather than to sit around as a beggar, begging for jobs and begging for education from - for someone else for the rest of our lives.” ThinkingJobsOpportunityOur LivesAskingBeggarBegging Author:Malcolm X
“I just genuinely believe in the concept of redemption and renewal, so I was happy. When I get beyond my feelings, I had my own family and friends and so many women across America come to me and say their blood was boiling, asking me how this could happen.” BelieveFeelingsHappensAmericaMy OwnBloodConceptsAskingRedemptionFamily And FriendsRenewalBoiling Author:Paula Broadwell
“When I started photographing Patti [Smith], I knew that there wasn't a whole a lot of information out there about her. I was periodically interested in films, and so I just kept asking her if I could come around.” IfsWholeFilmInformationAskingIf I Could Author:Steven Sebring
“Instead of asking for help, I just dig in and do everything myself.” HelpingAskingAsking For Help Author:Klayton
“When I get to work with people I admire, it's such a bonus, so it was an easy sell when I got this phone call asking, 'Will you do this thing with David Strathairn?'" Also, they didn't ask me to audition, which is another bonus. But they said, "All your scenes will be with David," and I said, "I'm there!"” PeopleSaidAsksEasySceneAskingSellsPhonesAdmireAsk MeAuditionsThey SaidPhone CallsBonus Author:Brent Spiner
“We [with John Logan] started talking about The Searchers, and then he went on to tell me a story about when he first met John Wayne, and he said, "Hey, you be me and I'll be Wayne," and I said, "No, let me be Wayne!" Anyway, it was a very pleasant conversation, it was clear to him that I was a big movie fan, and by the time I got home, there was a phone call, asking if I'd mind doing one scene in the movie [The Aviator].” IfsMindFirstsSaidStoriesHomeBigsTalkingClearFansMetsSceneConversationLet MeAskingPhonesHeyPleasantPhone CallsWayneHey YouBig MovieAviatorSearchers Author:Brent Spiner
“I have to be very clear and very honest. I'm not asking [ the American officials] to believe if they don't want to believe. This is reality, I'm telling you the reality from our country. We live here, we know what is happening, and they have to listen to people here. They cannot listen only to their media or to their research centers. They don't live here ; no one lives here but us.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantBelieveCountryRealityClearHonestMediaHappeningsResearchAskingOur CountryOfficials Author:Bashar al-Assad
“'Salad Days' refers to a youthful or innocent period. And a lot of people having been asking me already so you jaded? And I'm not, I'm 23. It's me reflecting, I had to re-learn to have fun with music and I had to re-count my blessings.” PeopleFunPeriodsBlessingAskingInnocentHaving FunReflectingSaladJadedMy Blessing Author:Mac DeMarco
“A 1998 study was done in Hebrew by an Israeli scholar, Yosef Grodzinsky, and the English translation of the title is Good Human Material. That's what they wanted sent to Palestine for colonization and for the eventual conflict that took place some years later. These policies were somewhat complementary to the U.S. policy of pressuring England to allow Jews to go to Palestine, but not allowing them here. The British politician Ernest Bevin was quite bitter about it, asking, "if you want to save the Jews, why send them to Palestine when you don't admit them?"” IfsWantYearsHumansDoneWantedStudyPolicyMaterialsPoliticianConflictEnglandAskingJewBritishBitterTitlesAllowingScholarPalestineTranslationsIsraeliHebrewColonizationComplementary Author:Noam Chomsky
“The way [Donald Trump] is dealing with this now is to say (paraphrasing), "I don't want these A-listers here. I'm not asking these people to perform."” PeopleWayWantTrumpAskingParaphrasing Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[Donald Trump] is saying that these stories of A-listers turning him down, "We're not asking 'em. I want the people at my inauguration." And I think that's probably true.” PeopleThinkingWantStoriesTrumpAskingEmsInauguration Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My group, the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, was one of the principle organizers. So, there was this campaign to support the United Nations General Assembly in asking the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion on the legality of threat or use of nuclear weapons.” UseNationsJusticeUnitedOpinionPrinciplesSupportGroupsPolicyWeaponsAskingCourtThreatInternationalLawyerNuclearCampaignsNuclear WeaponsCommitteesUnited NationsAssemblyOrganizerLegalityGeneral AssemblyAdvisory Author:John Burroughs
“I had a song called "Folsom Prison Blues" that was a hit just before "I Walk The Line." And the people in Texas heard about it at the state prison and got to writing me letters asking me to come down there. So I responded and then the warden called me and asked if I would come down and do a show for the prisoners in Texas.” PeopleIfsWritingStatesShowsSongLinesWalksHeardLettersAskingDown AndPrisonPrisonerTexasWardens Author:Johnny Cash
“Those of us lucky enough to have a share of privilege in the more free societies should not be asking this question, but doing something to answer it.” ShouldEnoughAnswersShareLuckyAskingPrivilegeFree Society Author:Noam Chomsky
“It's important to understand that the president [Donald Trump] is now entering a world of public service. He's going to be asking his own appointees to make sacrifices. He's going to be asking our men and women in uniform to risk their lives in conflicts around the world.” MenWorldImportantPresidentRiskSacrificeTrumpConflictMen And WomenAskingAround The WorldUniformsEnteringPublic Service Author:Reince Priebus
“For now, whether you are young or whether you're young at heart, I do have one final ask of you as your president, the same thing I asked when you took a chance on me eight years ago. I am asking you to believe not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours.” YearsBelieveHeartYoungAsksPresidentChanceAbilityYears AgoAskingFinalsEightYoung At Heart Book:Farewell Speeches Source: Farewell Speeches
“I can think about what [Mahatma] Gandhi said or [Martin Luther] King said about violence begetting violence, and still be true to my job by asking myself the question whenever we're confronted with a situation where some may be arguing for military action: Will this actually result in America being safer, or the most lives being saved?” ThinkingMaySaidStillsI CanActionJobsAmericaResultsSituationViolenceMilitaryKingsAskingArguingSavedBeing TrueLutherMilitary Action Author:Barack Obama
“Part of what I am dealing with, with this blackness, is asking the question, "Where are those black people, who are as dark as the description of a young black boy that Solomon Northup gives in 12 Years A Slave?" He describes the young black 14-year-old boy as "blacker than any crow." You have to question if he is using that metaphorically or as a descriptive?” PeopleIfsGivingYearsYoungBlackDarkBoysAskingSlaveDescriptionBlack PeopleCrowBlacknessSolomonBlack Boy Author:Kerry James Marshall