Ask Me Quotes
People ask me how far I've come. And I tell them twelve feet: from the audience to the stage.
Clients say, 'What's your strategy,' and I say, 'Ask me what I believe first.' That's a far more enduring answer.
Please, trust me, I most definitely can be cheerful. I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that's only the A's. Just don't ask me to be nice. Nice has nothing to do with me.
People ask me how come you've been around so long. Well, it's through playing the part of Mr Average Joe American.
You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.
Don't ask me about this building or that one, don't look at what I do, see what I see.
One of the worst things that happened to black people in America historically is integration. People ask me why I say that and I tell them it's because we gave up all of our control.
It's too late to fall in love with Sharon Tate / But it's too soon to ask me for the words I want carved on my tomb.
People often ask me questions that I cannot very well answer in words, and it makes me sad to think they are unable to hear the voice of my silence.
A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.
If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.
When people ask me how to find happiness in life I tell them, First learn how to cook.
When people ask me how they should approach performance, I always tell them the professional musician should aspire to the state of the beginner.
What does politically correct mean? If you're fat, don't ask me if you're fat, because I'm gonna tell you the truth. You're fat.
If someone were to tell me I had twenty years left, and ask me how I'd like to spend them, I'd reply 'Give me two hours a day of activity, and I'll take the other twenty-two in dreams.'
People always ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they admire the most.
If you were to ask me what I want to do - I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.
Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said "In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: 'Why were you not Zusya?
If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from, then you wouldn't have to ask me, who the heck do I think I am.
People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them 'all of my life.'
One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success. The secret is there is no secret. It's the basics. Blocking and tackling.
Men don't even ask me out. I can't remember the last time I was asked out on a date, and I'm talking years here. I spend my life more and more alone.
People often ask me if I know the secret of success and if I could tell others how to make their dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working.
All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me what it was I hit and I tell them I don't know except it looked good.
I like rock music. I also like classical, if you ask me. I'm very adaptable, they say that. But I have certain preference too, be honest.
When other people ask me, 'What gives you the right to suggest standards for others?', my answer is, 'If I don't, someone else, perhaps less qualified, will.
People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking.
If you were to ask me to define a photograph in a few words, I would say it is a fossil of light and time.
People ask me why I wear veils. I reply, I am mourning. Mourning what? Well I figure something shitty must be going on somewhere.
Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.
People ask me all the time, ALL the time, they say the same exact thing. They say, 'Bo, you're an artist... how do we fix Africa?'
To ask me to verify my life by giving you my statistics is like using science to validate sorcery. It robs the world of its magic and makes milestones out of us all.
When people ask me really stupid questions or get it really wrong, I feel embarrassed for them. I don't really feel angry at them.
How much golf I actually play depends on whom you ask. My wife says I'm out there every day. If you ask me, the cricket is getting in the way of the golf.
When people ask me what I do, strangers on a plane, perhaps, I tell them that I think. Thinking is excellent exercise, as much as swimming or jogging.
