When Asked Quotes

128 quotes by 115 authors

(When asked merely if they accept evolution, 45 percent of Americans say yes. The figure is 70 percent in China.) When the movie Jurassic Park… — Carl Sagan
#3 pencils and quadrille pads.(when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer ) — Seymour Cray
It is white. - when asked what the White house was like by a student in East London — George W. Bush
A Zen master, when asked where he would go after he died, replied, 'To Hell, for that's where help is needed most.' — Philip Kapleau
[When asked "Dr. Einstein, why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure of the atom… — Albert Einstein
When asked what would he do if he found $1 million, Yogi responded, If the guy was poor, I'd give it back. — Yogi Berra
Response, when asked how he came upon his theorems. — Carl Friedrich Gauss
When asked ... [about] an underlying quantum world, Bohr would answer, 'There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum physical description. It… — Niels Bohr
When asked whether he minded if someone smoked in a non-smoking compartment. Certainly not if you don't object if I'm sick. — Thomas Beecham
I recruited a Czech kicker, and during the eye exam, when asked to read the bottom line, the kicker replied, Read it? I know him. — Woody Hayes
Do I have an option? when asked by the press if she was "running as a woman." — Patricia Schroeder
When asked by a prospective donor how much he should give, the best reply is, "Give until you are proud." — Paul Ireland
MY INSPIRATION has always been Jeanne Calment, a Frenchwoman who smoked and drank every day and died a few years ago at the age of… — Victoria Coren Mitchell
Good people are seldom fully recognised during their lifetimes, and here, there are serious problems of corruption. One day it will be realised that my… — Alice Stewart
You ask: What is it that philosophers have called qualitative states? I answer, only half in jest: As Louis Armstrong said when asked what jazz… — Ned Block
When asked where God is, people point towards the sky or some far and distant region: no wonder then that He does not manifest Himself!… — Sathya Sai Baba
Many times I heard Imam Ahmad saying (when asked to give his opinion) on controversial scholarly issues 'I do not know.' — Abu Dawood
When asked how she knows when her writing is where she wants it to be: "I know when it's the best I can do. It… — Maya Angelou
Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too. (When asked if he noticed how slowly Earl Campbell got up after each… — Bum Phillips
I thought I did until I looked at some old game films. (When asked if he played college football) — Bum Phillips

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