“You have this impression from England that New Yorkers can be quite aggressive, but certainly the people that I've bumped into and the friends I've made here don't seem that way. Just walking down the street and asking for directions, people seem to be very helpful and happy to help.” PeopleWayMadeHelpingSeemsStreetsWalkingEnglandAskingImpressionHelpfulAggressiveNew Yorkers Author:Archie Panjabi
“Customers don't know what they want. There's plenty of good psychology research that shows that people are not able to accurately predict how they would behave in the future. So asking them, 'Would you buy my product if it had these three features?' or 'How would you react if we changed our product this way?' is a waste of time. They don't know.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWantShowsAbleThreePsychologyChangedProductsWasteResearchAskingCustomersPlentyFeaturesBehaveWasting Time Author:Eric Ries
“I remember Mick Jagger asking me 'hey, how do you guys feel about us coming over here and taking all the play from you guys?' I said 'Well, in a way, you have eliminated all my competition.” WayFeelsWellsSaidPlayRememberGuyAskingCompetitionHeyJagger Author:Bobby Vinton
“The kids who need the most love will ask for it in the most unloving ways” WayLoveNeedsChildrenKidsAsksPsychologyAsking Author:Russell Barkley
“You don't buy all the clothes in the market. You choose slowly and carefully, asking the prices for each before buying. The same way you choose your friends, by looking into their lives carefully, before taking any as a companion, then dropping those that are not relevant.” WayClothesAskingBuyingCompanionRelevantYou ChooseDropping Author:Michael Bassey
“You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the questions you keep asking yourself is to have a philosophy.” ThinkingWayNeedsLittlesPhilosophyFilmSoundDirectAskingResponsePompous Author:Michel Gondry
“It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. I started asking people, Are you scared, too? You bet your sweet life I am. Aha, so that's the way it is for you, too. We were all in the same boat. That's probably what is so effective at our workshops. When I ask, Who else feels like this? the whole room of hands goes up. People realize they are not the only one who feels that way.” PeopleWayFeelsWholeHandsAsksFearRealizingRoomsChangedPlanetsSweetAskingScaredI RealizedBoatWorkshopsSweet Life Author:Stan Dale
“Prayer is not a check request asking for things from God. It is a deposit slip - a way of depositing God's character into our bankrupt souls.” WaySoulCharacterPrayerAskingChecksSlipsRequestDeposits Author:Dutch Sheets
“If you don't ask the right questions, you don't get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the ABC of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.” IfsWayMindProblemSuccessAsksAnswersAskingSolveRight WayDiagnosisAsking QuestionsRight AnswersRight QuestionsInquiringQuestions AskedAsking The Right QuestionsInquiring Minds Author:Edward Hodnett
“I feel that's one of the central questions of fantasy. What did we lose when we entered the 20th and 21st century, and how can we mourn what we lost, and what can we replace it with? We're still asking those questions in an urgent way.” WayFeelsStillsLostLosesFantasyCenturyAsking21st CenturyUrgentMourn Author:Lev Grossman
“Queen Mary had a way of interrupting tattle about elopements, duels, and play debts, by asking the tattlers, very quietly yet significantly, whether they had ever read her favorite sermon--Dr. Tillotson on Evil Speaking.” WayPlayEvilAskingDebtQueensMaryDrsScandalSermonsInterrupting Author:Thomas B. Macaulay