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Quotes About Request

On one occasion, when I asked Juan Martín what he wanted for his birthday, he whispered in my ear, "For you to leave Dad for good." He'd have to ask me several more times.
~ Isabel Allende
The fair request ought to be followed by the deed, in silence.
~ Dante Alighieri
If you don't want to use the army, I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully,
~ Abraham Lincoln
Patience is a most necessary quality for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.
~ Lord Chesterfield
Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. )ust put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart truly desires must come to you.
~ Shakti Gawain
My prayer to God is a very short one "Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous!" God has granted it.
~ Voltaire
A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
~ William Shakespeare
I often go into shops and ask them to turn the music down.
~ Julian Treasure
Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.
~ Jeff Flake
If you want something in a deal, just ask for it.
~ Sam Altman
It seemed I'd never before understood the meaning of the word regret. Now it seemed regret was the desperate desire to reverse a specific amount of time... It didn't seem to me that a tiny reversal of time was such a grand request to make of the universe. I would only need a few seconds changed, after all.
~ Susanna Daniel
She took a deep breath and gave him a somewhat tentative smile. "You see, I need a date for my wedding." He stared at her, convinced he'd misunderstood. "You need a what?
~ Suzanne Brockmann
So at least half the victors have instructed their mentors to request you as an ally. I know it can't be your sunny personality." "They saw her shoot," says Peeta with a smile. "Actually, I saw her shoot, for real, for the first time. I'm about to put in a formal request myself." "You're that good?" Haymitch asks me.
~ Suzanne Collins
I just need five more minutes, he pleaded with the universe. Even two will do. The universe ignored him.
~ Suzanne Collins
When we're called to eat, Haymitch pounces on me immediately. "So at least half the victors have instructed their mentors to request you as an ally. I know it can't be your sunny personality." "They saw her shoot," says Peeta with a smile.
~ Suzanne Collins
I get this a lot: 'Oh, can you take a picture with my baby? Can you hold the baby?' I don't want to hold your baby! I'll hold my baby. I don't like holding someone else's baby. I'm serious! You never know what could happen. It's such an awkward position you're put in, and it's like, 'No, sorry.'
~ Juan Pablo Montoya
Ask very little but ask of everyone.
~ Michael Lerman
He asked her for coffee, but she wanted tea instead.
~ Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land
Le discutí un penique a la Vida, y la Vida no me dio más, por mucho que le imploré durante noche cuando contaba mis escasos bienes. Porque la Vida es un amo justo que te da lo que le pides, pero cuando has fijado el precio debes aguantar la tarea. Trabajé por un salario de jornalero sólo para descubrir, perplejo, que cualquier paga que hubiera pedido a la Vida ésta me la hubiese concedido de buen grado.
~ Napoleon Hill
People will grant favors that you request for the benefit of a third person when they would not grant them if requested for your benefit.
~ Napoleon Hill
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~ Napoleon Hill
For Life is a just employer, He gives you what you ask, But once you have set the wages, Why, you must bear the task.
~ Napoleon Hill
Por favor... - diz o garoto. [...] O que ele realmente está dizendo é: por favor, seja humana. Com uma vida tão cheia de regras e controle é tão fácil esquecer que é isso que eles são. Ela sabe - ela entende - com que frequência a compaixão é suplantada pela conveniência.
~ Neal Shusterman
Me prometiste contener ese genio! -Te equivocas: tú me lo pediste, y yo me negué.
~ Neal Shusterman