“Look, if you ask a child, 'Would you rather have a fulfilled mother or a stay-at-home Sylvia Plath,' they'll pick Sylvia Plath every time. But I think it's really important that children don't feel their parents' emotional lives depend on their success.” IfsThinkingFeelsLooksChildrenImportantHomeMotherAsksParentEmotionalDependsPicksFulfilledStay At HomeEmotional LifePlath Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Most people never pick up the phone and call. Most people never ask, and that’s what separates the people who do things from the people who just dream about them.” PeopleDreamAsksPicksPhones Author:Steve Jobs
“Most people do not ever pick up the phone. They never ask, and that is what separates the people that do things from the people that just dream about them. You have to act, and you have to be willing to fail. You have to be willing to crash and burn, because if you are afraid of failing, you will not get very far.” PeopleIfsDreamAsksFailingWillingPicksPhonesCrash Author:Steve Jobs
“I'm not afraid to go up to people and pick their brains and ask for advice. To me, that's how you get better. That's how I've gotten better at everything I've ever done. Don't be too proud to ask for help.” PeopleDoneHelpingAsksBrainAdviceProudPicksGet BetterNot Afraid Author:Dave Bautista
“I think we ought to have a new rule: You can ask two questions, and then we can pick the one we want to answer.” ThinkingWantTwoAsksAnswersOughtPicks Book:Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001 Source: Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001
“If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes.” IfsAsksPlayerPicksAdmireFootballerScholesPaul Scholes Author:Alan Shearer