She Asked Quotes
218 quotes by 161 authors
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Beth could not reason upon or explain the faith that gave her courage and patience to give up life, and cheerfully wait for death. Like…
— Louisa May Alcott
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...instead of offering me a Garibaldi biscuit, she asked me with that faint lisp of hers, to 'have some squashed flies, George'.
— H.G. Wells
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I just told my agent to forget all other projects for me. I was waiting for Audrey Hepburn. She asked for me, and I was…
— Fred Astaire
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Cinderella never asked for a prince. She asked for a night off and a dress.
— Kiera Cass
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As for will, woman should be considered superior to man for Eve ate of the apple for love of knowledge and learning, but Adam ate…
— Donna Woolfolk Cross
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My mother’s been living alone for over ten years. She gets up at six every morning. She makes herself a coffee. She waters her plants.…
— Gregoire
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One time when somebody showed up in a wedding dress, but I never knew if it was a joke, or she was serious. She asked…
— Bryan White
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I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or…
— Anne Tyler
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That night, I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me, a Child of Faith. Then she came to me holding two…
— Maximilian Kolbe
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Paddy was in the delivery room when the midwife handed him a black baby. "Is this yours?" she asked "probably" said Paddy "she burns everything…
— Billy Connolly
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"I am not just another notch on your belt?" she asked him. "Of course not." he said as he put a mark on the chalkboard.
— Jay Leno
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During a heavy storm at sea a nervous woman passenger on a large liner went to the captain, seeking reassurance. "Captain," she asked tremulously, "are…
— James Keller
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She asked for my love and I gave her a dangerous mind.
— David Bowie
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See beauty in those unexpected places. (she asked herself how people could let Bach be background noise.) See the opportunity in what looks like inconvenience.…
— Mary Anne Radmacher
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I always told my mother I wanted a job where I could have a lot of fun and have a lot of time off. She…
— Sherman Hemsley
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Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked.
— Marilyn vos Savant
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I wrote an article on a new Porsche for 'Automobile Magazine.' I knew the editor, and she asked me to write this article. So I'm…
— Jerry Seinfeld
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Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed and said, In that case, what is the question? Then…
— Gertrude Stein
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We talked, she and I. She asked about my work and it was a pretense, she was not interested in my work. And when I…
— John Fante
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Dad himself used to tell a story about one time when Mother went off to fill a lecture engagement and left him in charge at…
— Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
Who Wrote These She Asked Quotes
161 authors contributed a total of 218 She Asked Quotes, led by these top contributors: