Rex Stout
Related I asked, and the [official] told me it wasn't anything [Perry] said. He said he just didn't like the... DAVID PYPER Alex never asked that. He never, ever actually asked what I did. It was, 'What was I going to do? Wa... JAMES MCKENZIE He was asking all these questions, wanting to know what the deformity was. I asked him why he needed... SUE BAILEY Duncan asked me a question he probably shouldn't have asked, ... If Tony had a question, he should h... RICK WHITE JOHN MADDEN He always told the truth. If you asked him a question, he was going to give you the answer. You migh... ENOS CABELL Vladimir told me he was going to retire and then his representative asked that he be allowed to have... LOU LAMORIELLO He told me if he was going to check out of it, he was going to come to me. When he checked to it, I ... DWAYNE JARRETT He told me if he was going to check out of it, he was going to come to me. When he checked to it, I ... DWAYNE JARRETT ROSA PARKS BRET EASTON ELLIS We hit him like anybody else was going to get hit. He took it pretty well and just kept going. He se... JASON GLENN I was asked a specific question. It was almost like the guy asked me, 'Why are you standing in the c... BEN GORDON I hope you make it through law school still feeling like you do.' 'Why wouldn't I?' I asked him. And... FRANCISCO X. STORK Duncan asked me a question he probably shouldn't have asked, ... It's a question Tony should have as... RICK WHITE It's nothing that's going to get me out of my game. My game is a certain way all the time. It's not ... BRIAN DAWKINS He was like nothing she’d ever known.ROSS TURNER He said he had this play and asked if I'd read it, ... I liked it a lot and told him that I'd do it.... HAL HOLBROOK Later that night, I was flying. I asked him what was going on and he told me that he put some dope i... DANIEL BROWN C. JOYBELL C. I know it doesn’t make noise,” he explained. “Going through the motions is comforting to me. I... DEBRA ANASTASIA RICHARD PRATT The only question that got any traction was when he asked Martin what he did. Martin tersely replied... SCOTT MEYER He simply told me that they had decided to give the sponsorship to another company. I asked him (who... DAVID KINSMAN I told him it was my belief that there was no arson. He just asked me questions about forced entry, ... DEAN FUDALEY I once asked him why he smoked the world's most expensive cigarette, and he told me it was because h... K.H. KOEHLER In third hour today, we had a test. And he told me like, it didn't matter anymore. And I asked him, ... BROOKS BROWN REBECCA SOLNIT I put my hand up and he took my hand. I'd never had a handshake like that one. He smiled down at me ... HELEN NILES SCOTT DOUGLAS KIMBERLY DERTING SIR WILFRED T. GRENFELL He set the tone, without a doubt. He was not going to be denied. Actually, what he told us is that t... BEN GOMEZ LANG LEAV I just wanted to pressure him as much as I could, and he took an off-balance shot. It didn't look li... EARL BOYKINS So I told him I'd sell him a new wheel at cost, and I ordered it, but later he came in and said he'd... BRAD STEWART I asked Frank what he remembered most about working with Jackie. He said, 'Apart from the fact that ... AUDREY MEADOWS He just made it so easy for me to score. He's such a good passer. I kind of knew where his passes we... ANTONIO MCDYESS He asked me how many high school games I had coached. I told him it was around 780, and he said, 'I ... FLOYD CIRUTI Going to back to my youth league days, ... I played on the defensive line. I finally asked my coach ... BRIAN BARBER I don't want to reveal too much, but Ghost Rider is the Spirit of Vengeance. When he goes after some... DANIEL WAY It's hard to look inside a person to answer a question about why anybody wants to be president. ... HAMILTON JORDAN I called him to find out where he got the pamphlet and all he said was it was missing the label, ...... WILLIAM WATSON I once asked him something at a question-and-answer session in London. He yelled back, angrily, 'You... DAVID SAUER UNKNOWN JESSE VENTURA AYN RAND BRET EASTON ELLIS BRET EASTON ELLIS STEPHEN CHBOSKY I figure if he's going to use me, he's going to use me when he needs me. And that's what he did. In ... ALBERT PUJOLS If he comes in a game like that, you know it has to be important to him. He was going to try not to ... CHIPPER JONES He asked a question and after he did it I was just emotional and upset as anyone who had just fought... JIM MORA It looked like he was galloping, and I thought he was going way too slow. But he went :49 1/5, and I... DAN HENDRICKS I was just answering the phones, and the gentleman on the other end wanted to know when softball sea... LINDA WATSON NEIL GAIMAN Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS KRISTEN ASHLEY You know in his tone of voice, his facial expressions. When he has a meeting, he doesn't have to scr... TINO MARTINEZ It is pretty amazing to still see him going, but growing up with him you just knew it was something ... DAVE BELL That sounds like a blast. I’m definitely in,” Shane added once we filled him in on our idea.ANDREA HELTSLEY JACK NICKLAUS He could have put off surgery a month or two, but I think he put that carrot out there for himself, ... TIM PURPURA I pride myself on doing whatever's asked of me, but there's no question that's what I like to do. It... BRAD MAY Turning for home, I shook the reins at him and he just took off. I really wasn't worried about anybo... COREY NAKATANI JOHN GREEN He said, 'Hey dude, I wrote this script. Would you consider doing it?' I asked him to talk to me nex... SCOTTY MORRIS He was telling Marc, 'C'mon, throw it my way,' ... and I told him, 'We're going to throw the footbal... TORRY HOLT SARAH DESSEN After the awards, I didn't win, my father called me up and told me that the man from Johnstown had p... JAMES STEWART ARTHUR MILLER I told him what he did was a heinous, reprehensible, despicable, dastardly act and that he was going... CHARLES PICKERING We talked for two to five minutes. He asked me where I was coming from. I told him 'I'm lost right n... JOE WHITE I know he wasn't supposed to be there, but he told me he was going to a quinceanera, ... It's opened... CARLOS CRUZ It was obvious while shooting 'Anchorman' that Steve was stealing many a scene. So being a wily prod... JUDD APATOW NICK CANNON Oh, no, someone asked me how fast did I think the offense was going to score. I said, 'I don't know.... DARNELL BING That's terrible to take advantage of people like that. I wouldn't have thought that he was that type... MELISSA RIVERA FLANNERY O'CONNOR Finally. Brian, he's talented, but a lot of people don't know it because he never shows it. He stepp... XAVIER PERKINS I just knew who it was. The light was on and I saw him. He had a ski mask on, but it was all open ..... JOHN GARRETT RICHELLE MEAD When I get asked that question, I'm just a bit numb to it really, ... All I can say is how I feel ..... ANDRE AGASSI Well people often ask me how I felt growing up with a father who was a politician and who was often ... ALEXANDER DOWNER TAYLOR SWIFT KATJA MILLAY SARAH DESSEN SARAH DESSEN Don't you ever think,' he asked cautiously, 'that it would be better to be a bully than to be bullie... JOHN BOYNE I was very disappointed at the first verdict. That's my son, and I was hoping at the most manslaught... ANN JOHNSON He was excited, but they wanted him there at 5 p.m. and he didn't know if he could be there because ... DONALD SPARROW He's a kid who has worked hard all year. He questioned at times why he wasn't playing enough, but he... DAVE WOJCIECHOWSKI JESSE VENTURA SARAH DESSEN I have to say that Grieg's relationship to Kees' property is problematic. Michael Grieg told me that... DANA GIOIA ANONYMOUS My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he did... ERIC MORECAMBE I asked him why he didn't pick it up, run and score, ... But he knew the game was going to be over i... BOBBY JOHNSON REX REED We didn't think Danny was going to give it up that easy. It was just a straight line drive and we'd ... STEPHEN JACKSON
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MARKO STOUT There was this big puff, this big ball of smoke, with the two trailing boosters. But because we didn... BRUCE STOUT And at the same time, what we really had to try and do was set aside our own grief to take care of t... BRUCE STOUT We were so torn, because as adults, as teachers, we had grown up with the space program and knew tha... BRUCE STOUT Win, lose or draw, this is (a case in which) fast justice is better than slow justice. DON STOUT Slow justice is justice denied. If we were going to lose, let me lose fast. If we're going to win, l... DON STOUT To tell the world they have a workaround without sharing what it is, to me suggests they're not comf... DON STOUT They litigated and lost, and now they don't get a free pass. DON STOUT We're not rolling over on this and playing dead. This is going to be reversed. DON STOUT My official position is that we have not settled. At this stage, what's going on in District Court i... DON STOUT We think our case is extremely sound and we're proceeding with it, and we'll just keep going until t... DON STOUT As far as distribution goes, we definitely sell more wines here that are off the beaten path than we... GUY STOUT Cabbage palms don't blow over if it's not a major hurricane. We have to be able to meet somewhere in... NATHAN STOUT You're involved in diversity. It's in the fact that you are living and breathing on this campus. BRIAN STOUT The program is designed to confront oppressions and barriers people have regarding other people. It ... BRIAN STOUT If, instead, you find yourself often pitying someone who consistently hurts you or other people, and... MARTHA STOUT People are really embracing screw-top closures. [Bars are] showing it off...They're using it as a se... GUY STOUT Pinots are really rocking out there. GUY STOUT If you travel and you have a corkscrew taken from you at the airport like I have so many times, it's... GUY STOUT We think we're deserving right now. But we know that every win puts us higher. GRANT STOUT The first 10 to 12 minutes of the game will decide how we play. If we get rolling, establish an insi... GRANT STOUT It was an in-between decision whether you go block it or not. Because if he misses it and I miss it,... GRANT STOUT I was in between, whether to go out and block it or not. If I went out there and he missed it, they ... GRANT STOUT We get our reps in, then the guys who come off the bench more scrimmage a little bit more than we do... GRANT STOUT During that game, you can learn a lot about one player. GRANT STOUT In order for us to reach our goal of winning this conference, you've got to get wins on the road. Th... GRANT STOUT The big talk around practice was that a few reporters called him the best post player in the Missour... GRANT STOUT His goal is to raise as much money as he can, to use the basketball program for further research and... GRANT STOUT We always felt we have male readers who say they don't read our romance novels but they do. MARLEAH STOUT It's been going on since January and will continue going on. MARK STOUT If we let one industry off the hook, others will want the same. If we don't all pitch in, we're not ... MARK STOUT We are recruiting in Detroit and getting resumes from Detroit, as we are in St. Louis and Atlanta. B... MARK STOUT -If I somehow possessed a set of videotapes that contained all the most significant events of your c... MARTHA STOUT That team was the epitome of what the Sweet 16 is all about. They had such an impact on all of Easte... LOUIS STOUT He took the loss, understood the times, and went on about his business. LOUIS STOUT The proposal was the result of good faith negotiations between the company and the union bargaining ... JOE STOUT We're also getting deeper into women's clothing and accessories. Ladies' jewelry and purses have bee... JOE STOUT My wife (Maggie Lee) and I are both retired, and a sister came to live with us, so it just made sens... JOE STOUT We've gotten about five or six (new members) since we put the sign up. Had about 20 before. JOE STOUT Of the four of us kids, three of us worked here. This was Dad's place. This is part of us. JOE STOUT A part of a healthy conscience is being able to confront consciencelessness. When you teach your dau... MARTHA STOUT From birth to death, anyone can fish. I just think it's fantastic to see old people going fishin... REX HUNT REX TILLERSON Because each are going to blame each other. The thing that Canberra has to really get right is the s... REX HUNT REX TILLERSON ADAM REX REX HARRISON REX REED REX HARRISON It's interesting in American culture. We like to build people up and then push them off the pede... SIMON REX All I can say to the kids is if you've a problem in fishing or life, if you talk to an older per... REX HUNT REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON ADAM REX REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON That (Cornell's absence) made a big difference. The score might have been closer, but the outcome wo... BRAD REX We're getting on a roll at the right time. BRAD REX Devon played an excellent game tonight. BRAD REX We had some low points and we had some high points. BRAD REX REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON Be a fountain, not a drain. REX HUDLER REX TILLERSON The ranking committee is comprised of other Midwest head coaches and for them to rank four Louisvill... REX ECARMA I am going out with Paris Hilton. SIMON REX REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON REX HARRISON REX HARRISON REX HARRISON REX HARRISON It's how (offensive coordinator) Ron Turner calls different plays with me in there. They only have a... REX GROSSMAN It was a lot of fun doing 'Felicity.' She had just won the Golden Globe, and she was huge at... SIMON REX He's a Pro Bowl receiver. He led the league in touchdown catches and yards last season. He's been th... REX GROSSMAN REX HARRISON I know subconsciously how my dad would attack certain offenses, all that kind of stuff, ... Dad was ... REX RYAN There's no room at the inn, so to speak. REX JOHNSON ADAM REX If we lose this thing called 'aloha,' we're just like any sand-and-surf destination. I don't believe... REX JOHNSON It really is a fragile industry. REX JOHNSON On paper, I can whip anybody with the pencil because I knew that system. But I needed those other ye... REX RYAN REX HARRISON We don't have a lot of antiques, and I like to mix and match comfortable sofas with funky items on t... REX RANKIN No where is it written that GOD said it is alright to give up. GEORGE REX Knowledge is Learned, Wisdom is earned. GEORGE REX There is a difference in believeing in GOD and knowing him.
To believe is to doubt, to know is to ac... GEORGE REX If you want to know the secret to life, learn to trust ,
even when your mind tells you different, an... GEORGE REX The only thing more final than Death is Yesterday.
You can not bring it back, nor can you change it. GEORGE REX It's a whole new year. Last year has nothing to do with this year. I don't carry that with me. REX HADNOT He pitched exceptional. He matched an All-American pitcher, pitch for pitch. He made good pitches wh... REX PETERS I feel like I can do everything. The agility is not quite as good as it was. REX GROSSMAN REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON It's not really going to do me any good to be angry. I'm a positive person. REX GROSSMAN I knew right away and I was kind of in denial to start with. But I knew. I heard a pop. I tried to m... REX GROSSMAN I knew right away and I was kind of in denial to start with. I tried to walk it off but I heard a po... REX GROSSMAN We started to run the ball pretty well and moved the ball pretty decently. We had some plays we coul... REX GROSSMAN I'm going to naturally make plays. I'm not going to force anything. There's a fine line between just... REX GROSSMAN They did a great job of blitzing and giving me different looks. It took me a while to get adjusted a... REX GROSSMAN Any time you're in a position where you're not an established quarterback in the league (you're worr... REX GROSSMAN Because I've been hurt and I was unbalanced on one leg, hurt the other leg, everything's been out of... REX GROSSMAN Everyone has their own opinion on me - how I'm going to play, how good you think I am. I'm a pretty ... REX GROSSMAN With a guy like Moose, you don't have to make a perfect throw. He runs great routes, he's got terrif... REX GROSSMAN Sometimes they put a lot of guys in the box (to stop the run) ... we've got to have a balanced attac... REX GROSSMAN I just have to play real consistent, do what the coaches ask me to do. Every quarterback going into ... REX GROSSMAN It has been a crazy year. Nothing that I would have expected happened. I'm going to do everything I ... REX GROSSMAN We mixed it up a little bit. We saw a lot of tape where we could do some things down the field. REX GROSSMAN I'm just glad I can contribute. REX GROSSMAN I didn't feel tired or anything. REX GROSSMAN It's going to be fun to go back and play there. Obviously, I'm going to remember what happened. Ever... REX GROSSMAN I just thought it's a good way while I'm going over my notes to listen to the meeting as well, just ... REX GROSSMAN It'll be fun just to get my start again and once again playing against a legend I grew up admiring. ... REX GROSSMAN I'm definitely glad I had a complete game, just for my growth in this offense. Defense wins champion... REX GROSSMAN Our team is really good with our defense and running game, so if I can add a little bit of the passi... REX GROSSMAN That was our game plan going in. We saw on tape their safeties come down low for run support and we ... REX GROSSMAN I'm just glad I could contribute at the end [of the season]. This is the crazy set of circumstances ... REX GROSSMAN I thought I was going to be a lot more nervous than I was, ... The first play of the game definitely... REX GROSSMAN Just to be able to suit up again will be a milestone for me. REX GROSSMAN That's not for me to answer, REX GROSSMAN A lot of [what happened last year] wasn't on the offensive line. It happened for different reasons. ... REX GROSSMAN We probably learned the ins and outs of (the 46 defense) in two days, but it took about 10 years to ... REX RYAN I think that was when dad first realized how serious my twin brother and myself were of learning the... REX RYAN A lot was going to be expected of him. If he's ready to go, it takes time. He'll just be getting men... REX RYAN If you're going to have an injury, [the first day is] the day to get it. Then it gives you time to h... REX RYAN The sound of animals howling for their owners and the sight of drowning pets will haunt me the rest ... REX RYAN There were two men there who refused to leave. They didn't want to go if they couldn't bring their d... REX RYAN I said 'We've got to go before something bad happens,' REX RYAN They kept saying, 'We'll come back, we'll come back,' but no one came. I don't think anyone cared. P... REX RYAN Typical of Peter, [he] didn't quit on the play. It's a comfort to see number 58 [going] after the pa... REX RYAN He's a strong guy, just a young man that is going to get stronger and bigger with the natural matura... REX RYAN ADAM REX It was a complete team effort. BRAD REX You can imagine what kind of stir it would create if we created a situation that was gonna be unsafe... REX JOHNSON REX REED He's our most emotional player. Everyone in the dugout respects him and likes playing hard for him. ... REX PETERS ADAM REX ADAM REX The only ingredient needed for success is hard work. BRANDON REX You've got [defensive tackle] Kelly Gregg in there too, and that gives you two guys that can anchor ... REX RYAN It's been a crazy year, nothing that I expected to happen, happened. I am going to come back prepare... REX GROSSMAN This is another bad thing that happened, but I know great things are coming for me. I feel like I've... REX GROSSMAN It's smart of them to bring in someone who they feel is a better backup plan, even though I feel lik... REX GROSSMAN I knew right away, and I was kind of in denial to start with, REX GROSSMAN I'm just a positive person and I feel like this is just another bad thing to happen but I know great... REX GROSSMAN Truth is eternal.While Lies come with an expiration date. GEORGE REX ADAM REX REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON There are more resources going into the high schools for things related to academic achievement. I t... PETER REX -I'm sorry !' I yelped and skipped backward as Gorg advanced on me. 'You were g... ADAM REX ADAM REX REX TILLERSON REX TILLERSON So, when I say 'match the hatch', if the fish are taking the nymph, and you're actually ... REX HUNT The thing about Miami, they don't bite their tongues down here. If they're not satisfied with what's... REX HADNOT I'm constantly calling. It's tough. There's a little panic with my Moms, REX HADNOT It's tough to go against him. I've learned more from him in three months than from anybody else. REX HADNOT It will be for me, because I didn't leave here having played my best game, and that's what coach alw... REX HADNOT Trying to be the type of player I want to be, it's mind-boggling. It's really confusing to me, but I... REX HADNOT That's the problem. [The coaches] are just not happy, and me personally, I've had five in four games... REX HADNOT But you can't stew about it too long because next week we've got another big game, another big chall... REX HADNOT
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When they stood up and I stayed where I was, he asked me if I was going to stand and I told him that... 
And later when we got into the car, he took a turn down a street that I was pretty sure was a dead e... 
Where are you?" he asked. "I'm right here" she said. "I know, but it feels like one percent of you i... 
A university professor set an examination question in which he asked what is the difference between ... 
Just because the question can be answered doesn't mean that anyone is obliged to answer it, or that ... 
Plenty of patrons had asked me strange things, but this was the first who asked me where my car was ... 
What was that all about?" Jay asked in loud whisper.
The best definition of faith that I know is that it is reason grown courageous. Moreover, that is al... 
What was it like to love him? Asked Gratitude.
A rookie cop was asked the following question on an examination: "How would you go about dispersing ... 
I asked him [Dalai Lama] the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever see... 
He, too, stood looking at her for a moment--and it seemed to her that it was not a look of greeting ... 
where are we going?' I asked.
Where are we going?" I asked
It's like he would take a photograph of Sam, and the photograph
I asked him if it were a mirage, and he said yes. I said it was a dream, and he agreed, But said it ... 
You’re stuck,” I blurted, his grin died and he blinked.
It was at the Sahara. Ang hadn't yet cashed my check when we walked up to the craps table together. ... 
Are you currently at your house?" he asked.
I dialed the number slowly, wanting to get it right. Two rings, and he picked up. 
It is a lie. 
So my father was a person who never lied to me. If I had a question, he answered it. I knew a lot of... 
...sitting with him was like sitting by yourself; he didn't talk except when it suited him. You aske... 
ARE YOU CRAZY?" I ASKED. 
think when it's all over it just comes back in flashes, you know? It's like a kaleidoscope of memori... 
Just so you know,” I inform him, “one day, I’m going to get tired of sharing your affection wi... 
A second later, when he looked up at me, we were face to face, and again, even under these circumsta... 
In Truth,” I said, “there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.”
I asked Dalai Lama the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever seen Cadd... 
My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he did... 
[Capote never taped his subjects or even took notes — he boasted that he had 94% recall, often tea... 
I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being myself to bother about rega... 
There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up, and the kind you make up. 
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Farmers are philosophical. They have learned that it is less wearing to shrug than to beat their bre... 
Working in the garden...gives me a profound feeling of inner peace. 
In the business world, we can point to instances when a lack of integrity has bankrupted entire comp... 
When coal came into the picture, it took about 50 or 60 years to displace timber. Then, crude oil wa... 
[J.Lo] found us a police car. Sort of.
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There 
It is the public that is illiterate in science and math, a lazy press, and environmental advocacy gr... 
Sejal had not thought of her home, or of India as a whole, as cool. She was dimly aware, however, of... 
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Then it suddenly and theatrically began to clean itself in the way cats do when they want you to kno... 
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