Quotes About Requests

passed through that magical and mysterious looking glass that comes with fame and success, on the far side of which people come to you unbidden and ask if they can give you what you want.

At 'Vogue,' I was responsible for a lot of production work, and production work is highly detailed, and you have to be very resourceful to fit a square peg into a round hole. I learned to push the envelope when it comes to asking questions or making requests.

I know the von Trapps well. I've known them for many years and they are very reluctant to let anybody on to their property or to let anybody film them. They are constantly getting requests from all around the world to do shows about them or having news stories done and they're very private people.

A balancing act of equally unlikely options was the only answer that the city and the nation gave to the requests of these poor people. This juggling of options—in this instance, countering school-funding efforts with the need for preschool—does no good if neither of these options is to be enacted anyway and if the act of balancing only serves to guarantee our permanent inaction in both areas.

We say "please" to our children to model a socially acceptable way to make a small request. But "please" lends itself best to our more relaxed moments.

The moment someone asks you to do something you don't have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.

I've been a single parent for a long time. It reminds me of being a waitress. As you walk back to the kitchen, requests come at you from all sides. You're doing the job of two - you have to be highly organised.

The best possible account of the data provides bad news: tired and hungry judges tend to fall back on the easier default position of denying requests for parole. Both fatigue and hunger probably play a role.

tired and hungry judges tend to fall back on the easier default position of denying requests for parole.

Con demasiada frecuencia conseguimos bendiciones vagas porque hacemos oraciones vagas. Si queremos respuestas específicas, tenemos que hacer peticiones específicas.

Inasmuch as I am a spiritual man, I do believe in God - I think that He created an order for the world; I believe that, in constantly bombarding Him with requests for miracles, we're also asking that He unravel the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would be a cartoon, not a world.

Because of who I am, people ask for photos. I can't just say no to everyone.

I think I am really easygoing. Well... as I was about halfway through that sentence, I thought, 'No, actually you're really picky.' But the things I ask for are really simple to do.

if only people stopped acting like they've been asked to donate a lung every time somebody asks for something the world would be a better place

It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we started taking requests and figuring it out.

I'm enjoying turning down all requests for interviews. I don't miss being in politics.

How immense God is, that He is able to sweep into His purposes even foolish requests and bad motivations.

I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.

I have no interest in sailing around the world. Not that there is any lack of requests for me to do so.

When a user of the API complains and requests the element to be visible, you can still make it visible. However, don't do so sooner than requested and not without a convincing use case!

For all that I loved the old tales of magic, I did not actually want there to be talking animals and mysterious requests on storm-tossed nights. Such things were for stories and ought to remain there.

I think great artists have no time to waste with having disproportionate egos and irrational requests. They're too focused on their work to actually lose themselves in hysterical spirals where they become monsters or tyrants.

Stop treating your child as royalty whose every want must be met. Teach your child to turn demands into polite requests.

Be specific in your prayer requests of GOD.