" 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 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 for comment on De la Madrid's statements, Senator Manuel Bartlett, who was the president of the Federal Electoral Commission ( Comisión Federal Electoral ) during the de la Madrid administration, declared Salinas won the election albeit with the smallest margin of any PRI candidate before him.

Asked how the president should be chosen if there were to be a republic, 80 percent said elected by the people, against 12 percent who favoured appointment by parliament.

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 who could lead such a coalition, he replied: " Mr Gladstone formed his last Government when he was eighty-three.

( Asked about it on the interview program Fresh Air, he referred to the person who did the recording as a " snake we later fired.

Asked why he carried the office about with him in this way, the old major replied: ‘ So that if I meet a man who has a letter belonging to him I can give it to him, sir!

Asked to pray for the soldiers about to shoot him, he said: " I will say a prayer for all men who do their duty according to their lights.

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 to explain the fact that many of his friends were Jews, Lueger famously replied: ' I decide who is a Jew.

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 in December 2007 about who might succeed him as editor, Silvers demurred, " It's not a question that's posing itself ".

Asked if he had children, Red Jacket, who had lost most of his offspring to illness, said:

Asked for “ one outstanding impression ” of the trial in Kiev, he paid a final tribute to the Russian Gentiles who had helped him to escape the blood libel, such as the detective Krasovsky and the journalist Brazul-Brushkovsky: “ There was real heroism, real sacrifice.

Asked by a reporter four years later whether his name is on the list of 104 players who tested positive for steroids during baseball's 2003 survey testing, Rodríguez responded, " Only God knows.

', He Asked Them ", which includes the lines " Do you really think that it's a choice, a way of life " and " a bigot's eyes judging lives based on the sex of who you fuck ".

Asked by his creation ( who feels everything the character in the game feels, including multiple deaths ) to eliminate its existence, Jimi sets out to erase the game from his employer's server before it's commercially released, and thus spare Solo further suffering.

Asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest " The name is so difficult for those who do not speak German that I am usually called sles ' in-jer, to rime with messenger.

Asked at a press conference who was on his short list for manager, Turner replied, " It would be Bobby Cox if I hadn't just fired him.

Asked explicitly by Carolla if, considering that the station manager Tom Chiusano wouldn't pay him any more money, he ever thought, hoped or expected that the boss man ( Stern ) who at this point made more than $ 20 million per year would kick something down, Melendez answered: " Of course, Adam.

* Asked directly about their views of ETA, 60 % rejected ETA totally and another 18 % identified themselves as former ETA sympathizers who no longer support the group.

" This Friday, twenty-ninth day of the month of August, is judged before us one dressed in a cinnamon-colored garment, he who declared to us that he was coming in order to obey our ruling of yesterday, he whom we had questioned and interrogated in the manner and fashion that follow: Asked his name, he answered that he is Octave Jullien des Valons, Equestrian, son of Germain des Valons, Equestrian, lord of Duchesne ; and of the late Louise Angelique du Vesnien, his wife.

Asked to explain herself she insisted on first summoning witnesses and after disclosing the rape called on him and them for vengeance, a plea that could not be ignored, as she was speaking to the chief magistrate of Rome.

" Asked about the " bottom portion ," he guessed it was cinched with a drawstring.

Asked if he was against previewing in general in 2006, Scott stated: " It depends who's in the driving seat.

The series You Asked For It ( 1950 – 1959 ), in which viewer requests dictated content, was an antecedent of today's audience-participation reality TV elements, in which viewers cast votes to help determine the course of events.

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 to explain why he was unpopular, Johnson responded, " I am a dominating personality, and when I get things done I don't always please all the people.

" Asked whether it was against the law in Texas to call a Marine a " sissy ," Lynde quipped, " I guess I ’ ll have to take the law into my own hands.

Asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest it was YER-keez.

Asked to explain the reasons behind some of the program's moves, Thompson was unable to do so beyond saying the program's database simply returned the best moves.

Asked in the House of Commons about the completion of the coding exercise, the Minister of State for Posts and Telecommunications ( whose role superseded that of Postmaster General in 1969 ), Sir John Eden, stated that it was expected to be completed during 1972.

Asked whether Firehose was planning to make a new album, Mike Watt replied, " When Edward was asking me about doing new gigs, he also said he wanted to write ... he has a band called Food, and said he's been writing songs.

Asked if there was serious cause for concern about his health she said: " No, right now there is no cause whatsoever.

Asked in February 2008 when the new album was expected to be released, Muir replied:

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 after the performance if the production was going to be made available on a commercial recording, she said simply, " No. "

Asked at his home ( where a picture of Devi was over the fireplace ) how he could continue climbing after losing his daughter, Willi responded: " What -- you want me to die of a heart attack, drinking beer, eating potato chips, and watching a golf tournament on TV ???

Asked to provide rolling stock for a special train to take 800 excursionists, the locomotive department at Dundalk sent 15 vehicles hauled by a ' four-coupled ' ( 2-4-0 ) locomotive ; however the instructions to the engine driver were that the train was to be of 13 vehicles.

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