“The year you win an Oscar is the fastest year in a Hollywood actor's life. Twelve months later they ask, 'Who won the Oscar last year?'” YearsLastsActorsAsksWinningMonthsHollywoodTwelveLast YearOscars Author:Cliff Robertson
“I've had two fights within a month and I can't ask for more than that.” I CanTwoFightingAsksMonths Author:Billy Joe Saunders
“People have one year after the wedding to send a gift. Thank-you notes must be written immediately. If you don't receive an acknowledgment within three months, phone and ask if it was received. If the bride and groom are embarrassed, fine. They deserve to be.” PeopleIfsYearsThreeAsksWomenWrittenFineMonthsDeserveNotesPhonesEmbarrassedBridesThree MonthsAcknowledgmentThank You NoteBride And Groom Author:Ann Landers
“As a writer of philosophy, it's good to ask oneself, 'Will I still believe this a week from now, or months, or even years?'” YearsBelieveStillsPhilosophyAsksWeekMonthsOneselfI Still Believe Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Some wonder why I have such a feeling of concern over the imposition of the death penalty. I ask those who wonder how would you feel if you defended a man charged with murder, who was as innocent as any hon. member in this House at this very moment, who was convicted; whose appeal was dismissed, who was executed; and six months later the star witness for the Crown admitted that he, himself, had committed the murder and blamed it on the accused? That experience will never be effaced from my memory.” IfsMenFeelsMomentsFeelingsAsksHouseStarsMemoriesWonderMonthsMembersSixConcernMurderCommittedInnocentWitnessAppealsCrownsPenaltiesSix MonthsAccusedDeath PenaltyImposition Author:John Diefenbaker
“With writing ... you must keep in the habit. After a lapse it will take you not an hour, but a week, a month, maybe, to find your mood again - that mood in which things drop from heaven. There's no forcing it; you can't set your notions in front of you, and stare at them till they take shape; they have to come to you whether you ask them or not. ... And you have to be in the habit of that mood! Of inspiration!” WritingInspirationAsksHeavenHoursWeekFrontsMonthsHabitShapesNotionMoodStaringLapses Author:Anne Bosworth Greene
“Several weeks of summer vacation in the Thirties I spent working at $15 a week in the FORBES office.... I worked in the mail cage, where envelopes were slit and subscription payments extracted. Dad used to come pounding down the office aisle and pause long enough to ask, How much today? Inevitably the answer was inadequate-except once. That day the controller said excitedly, Mr. Forbes, the ledger shows a slight profit this month! ... My father turned to him and said, Young man, I don't give a damn what your books show. Do we have any money in the bank?” MenGivingLongSaidBookEnoughShowsTodayYoungUsedAsksFatherAnswersWeekMonthsDadOfficeSummerProfitDamnYoung ManVacationMailPausesCagesPaymentInadequateEnvelopesAisleSlitsForbesDon't Give A DamnControllersI Don't Give A DamnSubscriptionSummer Vacation Author:Malcolm Forbes
“When people ask me how I develop recipes, I have to respond: "travelling, eating, watching, experimenting, and constantly asking myself: 'Do I want to eat this dish again?'" Will I yearn for it some evening when I'm hungry? Will I remember it in six months' time? In a year? Five years from now?” PeopleWantYearsRememberAsksFiveMonthsTravelSixEatingAskingHungryEveningAsk MeFive YearsDishesRecipesSix Months Author:Paula Wolfert