Once Asked Quotes

91 quotes by 87 authors

• I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it… — Carol Burnett
• Wilson was once asked how long it took him to write a speech. He answered, 'That depends. If I am to speak 10 minutes, I… — Woodrow Wilson
• Once asked if he felt wearied by the constant onslaught of autograph seekers, actor Gregory Peck replied that he would be more worried when they… — Christopher Lee
• One question that has always intrigued me is what happens to demonic beings when immigrants move from their homelands. Irish-Americans remember the fairies. Norwegian-Americans the… — Richard Mercer Dorson
• A heathen philosopher once asked a Christian, 'Where is God'? The Christian answered, 'Let me first ask you, Where is He not?' — Aaron Arrowsmith
• The Lord Buddha was once asked by a disciple to sum up the whole of His teaching in one verse. He replied: Cease to do… — Arthur E. Powell
• I once asked him what came at the end of the sentence... and he said "parole". — Bobby Heenan
• I once asked Barbara Stanwyck the secret of acting. She said: 'Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've got it made'. — Fred MacMurray
• A renowned genius once asked a student, "What are you watching when you sit on a hillside in the late afternoon as the colors turn… — Jeremy Kagan
• Somebody once asked me if I have anything like faith, and I said I have faith in the narrative. I have a belief in a… — Joss Whedon
• A journalist once asked me what I would like my epitaph to be and I said I think I would like it to be 'He… — Paul Eddington
• The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think… — Jeremy Piven
• I once asked Axl why he left the 'E' off his name. He started crying and said he thought he'd spelled it right. — Slash
• A reporter once asked me if I ever cried. I wonder if people think I'm just as hard as a rock and have no emotions… — Diana Ross
• I put a lot of effort into writing 'A Briefer History' at a time when I was critically ill with pneumonia because I think that… — Stephen Hawking
• An interviewer once asked me to discuss my collaboration with Elmer Bernstein, and precisely why I chose to work with him. My first thought was:… — Martin Scorsese
• I was once asked what I thought was the most disquieting thing you could see on the screen and I said, 'an open door.' — Christopher Lee
• Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed. — Diogenes
• A psychologist once asked a group of college students to jot down, in thirty seconds, the initials of the people they disliked. Some of the… — James Keller
• Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much… — Gloria Steinem

Who Wrote These Once Asked Quotes

87 authors contributed a total of 91 Once Asked Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 2 Once Asked Quotes by Diogenes
• 2 Once Asked Quotes by Christopher Lee
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Diana Ross
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Marianne Faithfull
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Jeremy Limn
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Stephen Hawking
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Hugh Hefner
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Spike Milligan
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Martin Scorsese
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Amy Lee
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Kate Miller
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Maya Lin
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Davey Havok
• 1 Once Asked Quote by James Keller
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Mickey Mantle
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Matthew Morrison
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Gloria Steinem
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Will Self
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Kevin Bacon
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Gautama Buddha
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Laurence Sterne
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Teri Hatcher
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Plato
• 1 Once Asked Quote by John F. Kennedy
• 1 Once Asked Quote by Anwar Saicha