#request

During the 2000 election, the current administration told our military, help is on the way. That is clearly not the case. The administration has failed to request the funds needed for the defense of this Nation. We must give the Army what it needs. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#army #case #clearly #current #current administration

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches. ↗

— Kate Smith

#before #bless #committee #democratic #during

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

— Victor Borge

#funny #humor #humorous #requests #victor

CORNELIA: -Sit down. Don't leave the table. GRACE: -Is that an order? CORNELIA: -I don't give orders to you, I make requests. GRACE: -Sometimes the requests of an employer are hard to distinguish from orders. [She sits down] ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#orders #requests #solitude #love

We want to look at how we would respond because, as hard as we work to prevent terrorist attacks here North America, if we have a catastrophic terrorist attack, it is the military that is going to have to go in at the request of civilian authorities. ↗

— Paul Cellucci

#attack #attacks #authorities #because #catastrophic

And I believe in the 13 years Judge Roberts was there, he never turned down a request to give some assistance on a pro-bono case, and this was no different. ↗

— Fred Thompson

#believe #case #different #down #give

I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it. ↗

— Derek Fisher

#another #because #betterment #commended #construction

I very much regret, in appearing before you at your request, to address you on the present state of the country, and the prospect before us, that I can bring you no good tidings. ↗

— Robert Toombs

#appearing #before #bring #country #good

I do get a lot of requests for specific things. ↗

— Michael Winslow

#i #i do #lot #requests #specific

Usually its users discover sooner or later that their program does not deliver all the desired results, or worse, that the results requested were not the ones really needed. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#desired #discover #does #later #needed