Asked once how far Sparta's boundaries stretched, he brandished his spear and said, " As far as this can reach.

Asked about Palme, former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once answered that he usually disliked the people he agreed with and liked the people he disagreed with, adding dryly: " So Palme, I liked-a lot ".

Asked once how long it took him to make the series, Cooke replied, " I do not want to be coy, but it took 40 years.

Asked if he wanted to stay in the Army, Middleton's reply was that he had retired in 1937, and he intended to be returned to retired status once he was no longer needed as a combat commander.

Asked about his reasons for campaigning, he once responded " I'm not doing this to win votes.

( Asked once on which day of the week she had been married, she allegedly replied ' Oh, my dear, I have been married nearly every day of the week ').

Asked once about the part he played by impermanence in his artist work, he answered: " That's what makes me do it ," He photographs with a humility that recognizes the fragility of our lives, the moments that are beyond recapturing.

" Asked if Jason would settle down Thomas also said: " He's had a bit of a past and he's a bit of a Jack The Lad around Charlie but on this occasion, for once, he's actually showing some grown-up qualities and, when faced with the prospect of losing Sarah, he chose to bite the bullet.

Asked what her future plans were, Reagan shook her head and responded, " I don't know.

" Asked by Patterson – who became Secretary of War a few months later – what he would do, Patton replied: " I would have you tell the Red Army where their border is, and give them a limited time to get back across.

Asked by an announcer what his solution to the problem was, he answered simply, " Just stand up and lambast the next pitch ", which he often did.

Asked to explain under what grounds it was eligible to receive farming subsidies, Eton admitted that it was ' a bit of a mystery '.

Asked what reward he'd like for his service to the Allies, Tura hems and haws in a show of false modesty, but Maria quickly answers in his stead, " he wants to play Hamlet.

Asked to what he attributed the album's success, Cheng responded, " One word: perseverance.

Asked for his opinion, Wimsey finally reveals to the reader exactly what alerted him to the murder, and points the finger at the true killer.

Asked in November 2008 what the current status of the new album was, bassist Rex Brown told Billboard. com that Down had been " writing constantly on the road.

Asked in June 2010 what are upcoming plans for Mercyful Fate, guitarist Hank Shermann replied, " We have a DVD coming out with the early years, likely sometimes in early 2011!

More recent films that have explicitly explored parallel universes are: the 2000 film The Family Man, the 2001 cult movie Donnie Darko, which deals with what it terms a " tangent universe " that erupts from our own universe ; Super Mario Bros. ( 1993 ) has the eponymous heroes cross over into a parallel universe ruled by humanoids who evolved from dinosaurs ; The One ( 2001 ) starring Jet Li, in which there is a complex system of realities in which Jet Li's character is a police officer in one universe and a serial killer in another, who travels to other universes to destroy versions of himself, so that he can take their energy ; and FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions ( 2004 ), the main character runs away from a totalitarian nightmare, and he enters into a cyber-afterlife alternative reality.

Asked if she thought this acceptable, she said, " If you give a dinner party, and someone insisted on coming and you didn't want them, what would you do?

Asked by Prog-Sphere. com what is his favorite Dream Theater song to play live, James says " The favorite song for me is Scarred, I love performing that live.

" Asked if he thought the association would harm the brand, he replied, " that's a good question, but what can we do?

Asked in 2003 what his current favourites were, he said " Most of my favourites are still going like The Fall, Giant Sand and Calexico.

Asked later in life, as a witness in a court case, whether he had ever worked for any other sculptors, he replied: " No, and what is more, I never had an hour's instruction from any sculptor in my life ".

Asked what her experience has been with regard to safety regulations in the Bush administration, Merritt says, ' The basic disappointment has been this attitude of no new regulation.

Asked later by Czukay what he had thought of the music, Niven replied: " It was great, but I didn't know it was music.

Asked by general manager Bing Devine on July 26 what his plans were, Musial decided to retire at season's end.

Asked what he thought of the death threats, Ninoy Aquino responded, “ The Filipino is worth dying for .”

" Asked what they would do to him, the conductor told White that " when they get through with him he won't pass for white no more!

Asked in an interview with Mark Hertsgaard why he had recalled Bonner from El Salvador in the first place, A. M. Rosenthal, then-Executive Editor of the New York Times, explained: " The general impression among me and some others was that Bonner was first-rate, but we were really screwing this guy, because he wasn't getting what you really need to be a reporter.

Asked by the king what the second arrow was for, he said that had he killed his son with his first arrow, he would have shot the king with the second one.

Asked by an Australian journalist what it was like to win a Tony Award, he said " it was like winning a thousand Gold Logies at the same time ".

Asked what they thought about 74 % of United States Forces Japan bases being concentrated in Okinawa, 50 % said that the number should be reduced, 41 % said that the bases should be removed.

Asked by the townsmen to cease his suit, Greville had answered that `` hytt shulde coste hym 500 first & sayed it must be tried ether before my Lorde Anderson in the countrey or his uncle Ffortescue in the exchequer with whom he colde more prevaile then we ''.

Asked by Adler why he had chosen to react this way, he said, " I'm a chicken-What do I know from a bomb?

Asked some time before the trial whether he thought Rourke and Joyce had been short-changed, Morrissey responded: " They were lucky.

" Asked by suspicious American sentries during the Battle of the Bulge who had won the World Series in 1943, he answered " Haven't the foggiest idea.

Asked years later why Groves chose him, Oppenheimer replied that the general " had a fatal weakness for good men.

Asked which of her costars she preferred, Goddard had replied, " Veronica ( Lake ), I think .".

Asked the secret of his staying power by a reporter who had watched a succession of women parade into, and out of, the champion's hotel room, Johnson supposedly said " Eat jellied eels and think distant thoughts ".

Asked if he would change something he had produced on an editor's say-so, he answered with a flat " No. " But he added: " Oh, I will take a suggestion for revision.

Asked why she had stopped writing fiction at the age of 84, she replied: " If you haven't got anything to say, don't say it.

Asked how the Iraqis he had interviewed felt about the war, Russell said Although Russell had planned to release the film before November 2004, hoping to " perhaps make a difference before the election ," Warner Brothers abandoned the project at the last minute, citing " controversy surrounding the documentary, combined with a later-than-expected arrival of the bonus footage ".

Asked why they had joined the rebel cause, one of them replied: " Don't know.

Asked to describe the biggest thing he had ever seen, Osment described an IMAX theater screen and won the part in a Pizza Hut TV commercial, advertising their " Big Foot " pizza.

Asked about this in 2011, Issa denied it and suggested it was possible that other soldiers stole the car or that Bergey, who he claims had a drinking problem, had abandoned it himself while intoxicated.

Asked later how he had managed to access so much classified information, Walker said, " KMart has better security than the Navy ".

Asked about the incident in 2004, Case said " I had heatstroke.

Asked why he did not leave Jerusalem for Tel Aviv, he later said, “ Tel Aviv was not radical enough – only the kibbutz was radical enough .” However by his own account he was “ a disaster as a laborer ... the joke of the kibbutz .” When Oz first began to write, the kibbutz gave him one day a week to write ; when his book “ My Michael ” became a best-seller, and he had become “ a branch of the farm ”, three days ; and in the eighties he had four days for writing, while teaching for two days and taking turns as a waiter in the kibbutz dining hall on Saturdays .”