Checking Quotes - page 4

Jumbled black rocks adorned an otherwise pale, flat landscape of salmons and khakis. Mountains rose in distant ridges. Out there in the Namaqua sea, I found myself thinking of South Africa as an island. Like Robinson Crusoe, I was walking its perimeter, noting the extent of my domain, checking for cannibals, finding fresh water. Sure, there were 47 million others who might make such a claim, but theirs were no more valid than mine, only similar. Beating my drum, singing the land, proclaiming it mine from coast to coast. (Justin D. Fox)
We used to have our own plane with the band's name on the side. It was a dream come true. You drive to a local airport. There's none of this checking in stuff; you just get on the plane. View quote
Joe Elliott
My earliest memories of my mom were of her multi-tasking - preparing dinner while checking on homework and housework; clearing the dinner plates while setting out bowls for breakfast; making sure we ate our breakfast while lining up bread, lunch meats, apples, and snacks assembly-line style so we could make our lunches. View quote
Christine Pelosi
Nine out of ten adult Americans have a checking account. It's the most widely used financial services product in the United States. View quote
Carolyn Maloney
I like to invest in companies where I can really add value from my experience, network, etc., so checking out my portfolio of other investments, and my background, will generally give some guidance there. View quote
David S. Rose
Where today people surf the Web and check their e-mail on their cell phones, tomorrow they will be checking their vital signs. View quote
Eric Topol
You actually see liberals checking 'Fox News,' if only to know what the conservatives are thinking. And you're seeing conservatives who venture into liberal sources, just to know what 'The New York Times' is thinking. View quote
Evgeny Morozov
TARP is funded by taxpayers, so there are many rules about how that money can and can't be used. The result: GM spends an awful lot of time checking in with the people who administer TARP over everything from hiring to executive compensation and management. For a global company, that adds up to a lot of distraction. View quote
Edward Whitacre, Jr.
From the time I was 16 and I had my own checking account, you'd think most young women would run out and buy clothes. No, I ran out and got myself a psychiatrist! View quote
Genie Francis
Our generation, unfortunately, is stuck to our phones - and, like, Twitter - constantly, which I have no problem with. I'd say we're not describing the children of America or anything like that, but there is something to take from it: It is kind of sad how we can't go thirty minutes without checking our phone. View quote
Israel Broussard
When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I look at is the checking account report from the day before. I love checking accounts. I dream about them. (John G. Stumpf)
Here's the problem: I don't like who I've become when my iPhone is within reach. I find myself checking e-mails and responding to texts throughout the day with some kind of Pavlovian ferocity - it's not a conscious act, but a reflexive one. View quote
Josh Radnor
People spend an enormous amount of time in their inboxes, compulsively checking, and it's slow, distracting, and inefficient. It's almost a counterproductivity tool. View quote
Justin Rosenstein
I won't snatch, harm, or scare to death people with you or use checking up on you as an excuse to cause trouble. You're worse than my mother, Rachel.” "Mine, too,” Jenks muttered. View quote
Kim Harrison
Do you work at the grocery store? Then why are you checking me out? View quote
Lisi Harrison
Growing up in Georgia, my dad was a farmer and we worked in agriculture, so we were always looking up at the sky, checking if rain was in the forecast. That always set the tone for the mood in my household, whether we had rain coming in or not - we knew the crops would be good and it was going to be a good week around the Bryan household. View quote
Luke Bryan
I'll always be best known as Marie Osmond, but in my checking account and at home, I will gladly be Marie Craig. View quote
Marie Osmond
I honestly think that in five years time, television will be watched on computer screens anyway and you'll be doing multiple things. You'll be 'IMing' while you're watching a show and checking the news. View quote
Mark Burnett
You do have to continue, as you grow as a human, checking in and going, 'Is this what I want? Am I giving away things that I don't want? Who am I and what do I want to keep doing?' View quote
Mae Whitman
Turns out, I couldn't catch them - or even get close to them. I realized that sharks are amazing, beautiful animals who have absolutely no interest in checking me out. View quote
Malin Akerman
At the end of the day, though, there are a huge number of considerations that our management team go through before accepting any project - checking out the license is just one of them. (Andrew Oliver)
I would, if checking boxes in a questionnaire, say I would oppose abortion except when the life of the mother is in danger. View quote
Michael Baumgartner
That's what I love about those old movies - the music is like a constant companion. Even in scenes that aren't particularly dramatic, like a woman checking her watch, you hear the music as a comment on that action. View quote
Petra Haden
Philately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten I collected avidly. I'd pore over my Stanley Gibbons book, obsessively checking my collection's value. I always hoped I'd stumble across a really valuable one, a Penny Black or an Inverted Jenny, but it wasn't to be. View quote
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Checking your ego, abandoning it, letting it go, is a huge part of recovery from addiction. View quote
Susannah Grant