“I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely.”
Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes
Source: City of Ashes
Source: Tiassa
“I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely.”
Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes
Source: City of Ashes
Whoopi Goldberg (1955) American actress
As quoted in "Whoopi Goldberg, A One-Woman Character Parade" https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=68252476 by Michael Kuchwara, AP Drama Writer, The Fremont News-Messenger (November 29, 1984), p. 31.
Cat Stevens (1948) British singer-songwriter
As quoted in "Cat Stevens Breaks His Silence," by Andrew Dansby in Rolling Stone (14 June 2000) http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/catstevens/articles/story/5927176/cat_stevens_breaks_his_silence; Leviticus 24:16 reads : "And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death." <br class="br">Context: I'm very sad that this seems to be the No. 1 question people want to discuss. I had nothing to do with the issue other than what the media created. I was innocently drawn into the whole controversy. So, after many years, I'm glad at least now that I have been given the opportunity to explain to the public and fans my side of the story in my own words. At a lecture, back in 1989, I was asked a question about blasphemy according to Islamic Law, I simply repeated the legal view according to my limited knowledge of the Scriptural texts, based directly on historical commentaries of the Qur'an. The next day the newspaper headlines read, "Cat Says, Kill Rushdie." I was abhorred, but what could I do? I was a new Muslim. If you ask a Bible student to quote the legal punishment of a person who commits blasphemy in the Bible, he would be dishonest if he didn't mention Leviticus 24:16.
“Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.”
Tamora Pierce book Melting Stones
Source: Melting Stones
Ronda Rousey (1987) American judoka, mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and actress
"MMAPlayground Interview Series - Vol. 13 ("Rowdy" Ronda Rousey)", in MMAPlayground.com (8 November 2011) http://www.mmaplayground.com/forums/topic49792-1.html
“That's when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I'm helping people.”
Tracy Kidder (1945) writer
Source: Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
Richard Stallman (1953) American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
2000s, Free Software: Freedom and Cooperation (2001)