When you ask people, ‘What’s the opposite of fragile?,’ they tend to say robust, resilient, adaptable, solid, strong. That’s not it. The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.

It would be an ethical breach on our part to ask professionals to submit proposals that we really didn’t have any intention of considering seriously.

Often the most tricky questions are the ones we secretly know the answers of.What are you running from?What are you waiting for?

I’ll give my heart and soul whenever I step on that field and even when I’m on the sidelines. And at the end of the day, that’s really all you can ask of someone.

This is an incredible experience. It does not make sense. I also ask anybody in this nation that sees those people to please — don’t wait until the morning. You get to a phone within...

Ask any experienced defense lawyer: the real risks are for an accused person who is innocent. A guilty defendant has many more options available.

They have guys who take big shots and make big shots. That’s all you can ask for.

Never ask a woman when she’s due unless you know for a fact she’s expecting.

Ask Mother for advice on breaking into show business.

The time has come to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ It is the right thing to do. Every American should have the opportunity to serve their country, regardless of race, sex, creed, or sexual orientation.

It’s just awesome. I couldn’t ask for a better season or a better team. It’s just really sad because it’s our last game together and we were all crying.

People always ask me if I’m nervous about the intense sci-fi fans. To me that doesn’t seem weird or scary. I get really intense about my favorite sci-fi shows, my favorite shows in general.

Go to the landlord and ask to see the bills and the methodology used to calculate and figure what you owe based on the bills you’ve received.

They did a good job of taking away the three. We had the shot, and that’s all you can ask for.

I just met my new teammates and the trainers, … I’m sure I’m going to ask them their names again tomorrow.

While a part of me wants to know, another part of me is too exhausted to ask.

The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, ‘How am I similar to this person and how am I different?’

You might ask an important question, … What drives me to broach these matters while we are in the din of war and the challenges of killing and combat?

He who asks a question is a fool for 5 minutes, He who never asks is a fool forever.

Do not ask what the Government can do for you. Ask why it doesn’t.

I couldn’t ask for a better life.

We put five in the top 15 and my sixth-place runner p.r’d by 30 seconds. You can’t ask for any more than that.

When I was about 12 and first started wearing lipstick, my dad would ask, ‘Are you wearing makeup?’ I would say back, ‘You’re wearing more makeup there than I am!’

If life keeps asking you the same questions….You are NOT learning the lessons…

Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, ‘Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?’ ‘Well, yes, I think I was,’ I reply.

I shall ask for the abolition for the punishment of death until I have the infallibility of human judgment demonstrated to me.

I believe, along with many others, that you must first ask for what you want before you can have it.

Whereever you go we will share the same sky

Just a great guy to have on the club. He’ll do whatever you ask him to do.

You’ll have to ask him.

It’s important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young children.

If I ask my actors to bare themselves, to reveal themselves as almost naked, I have to bare myself, expose myself as well. That’s what creates excitement.

Keep asking yourself;•Do I do what I suppose to be doing?•Do I bring any benefit to my world with my actions?•Is this the ultimate guide to my success?•Has God approved of my steps?•What is moving...

Back in the Rat Pack days, we’d take Frank’s plane and sit dead center, because of Nancy. We’d watch the Rat Pack in the center ring and you couldn’t ask for a better thing.

You can’t ask for much more than that.

Senator Lott listened, but you’ll have to ask him how he feels.

Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.

If you talk to the Fed staff in private and ask them who would Greenspan like to replace him, the answer would be Don Kohn,

My instinct as a philosopher is that we are effectively approaching a multicentric world, which means we need to ask new, and for the traditional left, unpleasant questions.

If you asked an 18-year-old what they want to do with their life, and the options are ‘Transformers’ or Lars von Trier, he’s probably shipping out for ‘Transformers.’ If you ask a 26-year-old what he...

There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark – ask any player about when they’ve had a bad game, it’s still in there somewhere in the back of your mind.

If one asks the whence derives the authority of fundamental ends, since they cannot be stated and justified merely by reason, one can only answer: they exist in a healthy society as powerful traditions, which...

If you ask our customers, they prefer we take a couple of extra days before we post a patch rather than have the public know about the problem.

[But what exactly does it take to reach for the stars?] Chefs often ask what they need to do to get three stars, … But we have no published criteria.

You have to ask Mario Vasquez why he shot him.

It’s been unreal, it’s been such a great Games and I really couldn’t ask for more.

We do not wish to have nuclear weapons on New Zealand soil or in our harbors. We do not ask, we do not expect, the United States to come to New Zealand’s assistance with nuclear...

Never assume you know it all. Ask questions.

It’s hard to not ask for an autograph. We went to the banquet and here I was around Johnny Damon and everyone. The way you are treated, this has all been so unreal.

Go ask Europeans how they would feel if a German leader paid homage to the Nazis,