Famous Quotes & Sayings

One of the drivers told me about his situation. He stopped the bus with some difficulty and then it slid sideways, kitty-corner across the intersection, and had to be towed away from the curb.

Justin Williams

One of the cops came over and asked if we'd seen the guy and to get inside because they've got an armed bank robber across the street.

Pat Williams

One of my favorite stories came from a UCLA administrator who had just come across some old records, ... There's a record there of John Wooden writing a check to the UCLA athletic department for a dollar and 50 cents to repay a couple of phone calls he made.

Steven Soderbergh

I was at the Laundromat every Sunday, the one over across the (Belpre) bridge. I'd go to the Laundromat and then I'd have the chicken club at Wendy's.

I was running across the field right at two players and I hit both of them and I didn't slow down. I caught them sideways. It even hurt me a little. I was seeing stars for a few seconds.

Richard Preston

I was surfing the Internet, and I came across a school in Atlanta where you could learn how to climb trees with ropes the way the pros do. It sounded terrific, and so I went down there, and I began to learn these kind of rarified techniques for how you get up and down trees while using special ropes and gear.

I was suddenly surprised by a man grabbing me from the back, with his arm across my throat, which prevented me from crying out.

Andrew McCarthy

I was so hung over for that whole movie ... I'm thinking, 'God, I got a headache. I am just dying here. I got to go lay down.' But on film it came across a certain way.

John Raitt

Mr. Shaw drove his team gingerly across the new bridge, ... Once across, he quickly found a spot to turn around, then with a slap of the reins and a flick of the whip he sent the team back across at full trot while the passengers cheered loudly expressing their hearty approval.

Much to everyone's surprise, eBay seems to have had a much better quarter across several crossover categories.

Alex Honnold

Much as Africa has leapfrogged straight to mobile phones, it has the opportunity to skip the dirty, grid-tied power plants that currently operate across the developed world and go straight to clean, distributed power.

Motorola is the global leader in delivering Bluetooth accessories for the cellular market therefore it is natural for us to drive the capability across all tiers of our broad handset portfolio. The SLVR L2 and V195 are perfect products for enterprise consumers who want the convenience of Bluetooth, a great feature set, and outstanding design at an affordable price.

McDonald's does not close down and move across the state line when you raise the minimum wage.

Mayors across this country are already sending supplies to these areas, we are providing housing for displaced citizens, and we will continue to provide cash donations for these affected areas,

Medical parole has traditionally been used only sparingly across the country, despite the savings it could provide for prisons and despite the senselessness of keeping terminally ill men and women behind razor wire.

MDY is recognized as a company that stays at the leading edge of records and knowledge management trends, providing its customers with innovative and powerful solutions to manage their corporate content across multiple disparate repositories to ensure enterprise-wide compliance.

MDM reaches across a number of areas, where functional units within an organization need to share data on products, customers, locations, etc., across multiple systems. As companies gather more data, and have to make it usable for CRM and compliance purposes, they encounter increasing difficulties and questions. What data is correct? Who is responsible for it? Who maintains the information?

David Blunkett

My job as Labour Home Secretary is to ensure people are prepared to listen to us when we take on our opponents across the political spectrum.

Jen Lancaster

My friend created an iPhone app that locates Vienna Beef products across the country. Personally, I came hardwired with an internal GPS that instinctively points me toward coffee shops, cupcake stores and the perfect Chicago-style dog, so I find this technology redundant.

Michael Nielsen

Networked science has the potential to speed up dramatically the rate of discovery across all of science.

One of the things it will be used for is to raise awareness among public-policy and economic-development officials of the strength and importance of Fairfield County and to gauge the concerns of Fairfield County businesses compared to what we've seen from other businesses across the state.

One of the team goals is that we'd like to have excellent performances. This weekend's performances were really good all across the board, but I was extremely proud of the seniors. I thought our seniors just did a great job. Our senior leadership was excellent. They all stepped up and had fun in their last meet, and they all swam fast.

One of the striking things about this is that the decrease is pretty much across the board.

One of the best moments of my life was when 'Dorian Blues' was playing across Times Square from 'The Lion King,' ... I felt like a big rap star.

Of course, these trends are playing out differently across the states. Florida, for example, has already experienced a demographic wave that illustrates the need for timely changes in state programs.

Of course there are people in the Nationalist Party who think that because the party can have good relations across the strait, there's no reason to buy all these weapons.

Hamish Bowles

Occasionally, I will come across something that has lost its label over the years - maybe the client didn't want to declare the dress at customs and took the label out - but I'll recognize it from an image that I've seen in Vogue, or a little thumbnail sketch.

Obviously with what happened last year at our event with Vijay overtaking Tiger - those are the two guys who created such a buzz across the game. They are doing it again, in terms of the money list, and that sets up for an intriguing showdown. These are the two players every tournament wants to have.

Occasionally, we ran across something that was completely a surprise, that showed we hadn't understood the customer's need completely.

Curt Smith

Of course, (offense) is always a concern. You've got to get the runners across the plate. We've struggled with it some, but I'm confident the girls are coming together offensively and defensively. I think the girls will make the adjustments (at the plate) and do just fine.

One, who is capable of interpreting the meaning of 'secret-speech' becomes the first to come across the 'source of knowledge'.

One thing they do that's actually pretty interesting is their video search, which is designed to look across the whole Internet. That's pretty valuable.

One thing that's consistent across several polls is that Senator Titus has really high negatives. We feel it's virtually impossible for her to get to 50 percent in the primary.