I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism.

- Barbara Kruger

It's about putting the pedal to the metal and not asking any questions at all and just going for it.

- Brandon Thomas

Even when I interviewed bands, it was about asking them about writing songs, so it was more for me than anybody else.

- Benjamin Booker

Occasionally, when you do a take, and - what I kind of sort of like is asking for a PPB - Personal Play Back.

- Benedict Wong

Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some people didn't have religion.

- Bernice Johnson Reagon

The first time I had a secretary, I was sheepish about being demanding or even asking questions.

- Bing Gordon

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'

- Brian Tracy

I always think if you are asking somebody for something it is a good idea to give them something first.

- Bono

People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.

- Bjork

Content is king. When you are asking people to read you several times a day, you better have some fine content.

- Barry Ritholtz

I can be unbearable sometimes asking for so many takes.

- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

When I was a kid, I always had a big thing for Dannii Minogue. Initially I liked Kylie, but I quickly moved on to Dannii. There was always something more alluring about her. I think I actually wrote to her asking if we could meet.

- Andrew Buchan

Some people might say, 'Can we afford it?' I think that's asking the wrong question... We should instead be asking, 'Can we really afford not to try?'

- Andrew Lo

People say, like, 'Are you a regular person?' 'Well, I'm not a robot, if that's what you're asking, I really am a person.'

- Abigail Breslin

When you're bi-racial, in the town I was in, in Maine, people kept asking, 'What are you?' It was like I wasn't even human.

- Alexander Chee

I'm always looking, and I'm always asking questions.

- Anne Rice

I've had journalists asking me, 'What do we call you - is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?' I said, 'Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I'm a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.'

- Aimee Mullins

Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that. I always say, They are in the archives.

- Annie Leibovitz

There's people constantly asking you for something on set, so the multi-tasking of motherhood transfers very well to being a director. And I think you're compassionate.

- Angelina Jolie

A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.

- Amy Chua