Famous quotes containing the word asked:
“There was a young man in Rome that was very like Augustus Caesar; Augustus took knowledge of it and sent for the man, and asked him “Was your mother never at Rome?” He answered “No Sir; but my father was.””
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
“[When asked if she believed in “women’s lib”:] Not really. Not when I see what most of them look like.”
—Greta Garbo (1905–1990)