Checked Quotations

I grew up in a household without a TV. We lived next door to a library for a while, and at one point, I checked out all the books in the fairy tale section. I remember the librarian's quiet smile as I'd bring back one stack and exchange it for another.

I post on Twitter regularly, and when I checked my followers, I saw that my own characters were following me. They sounded eerily like my characters would actually sound. It was a very surreal thing to see come to life digitally!

When the headache persisted, I checked myself into an emergency room. When the doctor used the term 'brain tumour', I feared the worst. My whole world shrank around me.

I grew up in Iowa, and the improv comedy club Comedy-Sportz across the river in Illinois held auditions. They took me even though I was only 16 - you really had to be 18, but they never checked me for ID.

As a dancer, I've always checked my body constantly: 'Am I having a good day, or am I having a fat day?' I am probably more critical of myself than anyone else. I am very tiny - 5'1 and a half inches - so there's nowhere for weight to hide.

I haven't checked this out yet, but one of our guys told me we have a counselor within 45 minutes to an hour of most small businesses in this country. That's really powerful. I call it our bone structure.

New mothers should enjoy every phase of motherhood without caring about the world. Weight can be checked and controlled. Don't lose your head and mind over it.

When I won my way to the international science fair, I didn't want to embarrass myself. It was the first time I was going to be away from home, the first time taking an airplane. I went to the local library, checked out every single etiquette book, and I read those books like I was uncovering some sort of treasure.

I was ill. I was told I was stressed, so I had to get everything checked out. I didn't think I was, but someone told me I was. As a result, I went to get a blood test. I'd never had one before, so I held my breath when I was getting it done. That caused me to go into a fit.

The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear.

We're always, by the way, in fundamental physics, always trying to investigate those things in which we don't understand the conclusions. After we've checked them enough, we're okay.

It is always good to know which ideas cannot be checked directly, but it is not necessary to remove them all. It is not true that we can pursue science completely by using only those concepts which are directly subject to experiment.

The first amazing fact about gravitation is that the ratio of inertial mass to gravitational mass is constant wherever we have checked it. The second amazing thing about gravitation is how weak it is.

Someone once told me we have in our minds who we want, and often those aren't the people we actually want. Like, once there was a girl I thought was perfect for me - I had every box checked with her. But I just didn't feel anything.

I think my heart always goes out to men at the peak of their celebrity who checked out. There's such an odd, horrible trend in my lifetime for it - Kurt Cobain, David Foster Wallace, Alexander McQueen, Heath Ledger.

I was going to glove it at first, and when it hit it kind of checked up, and the next thing that went through my head was (to) make sure the ball doesn't go underneath my hand because the guy could score. I just happened to get a great grip on the ball and threw the guy out.

One of the messages from this study is that children born preterm should have their blood pressure checked at follow-up visits, at least when they reach school age, because it may be important to consider other risk factors for cardiovascular disease as they are growing,

I was that weird kid that checked out all of the non-fiction paranormal studies books from the library. I've always been fascinated by the supernatural, particularly movies and TV shows that manage to blend humor with the horror - 'Supernatural', 'Buffy', 'Angel.'

When I checked in the morning, the ice was nice and clear, not milky. That usually means that the ice layer was solid enough to do the job.

When I checked the stats, I saw that I was more than one putt per round more than I have been for the previous two years,

We had a vibration with the car after the second practice today. We checked a lot of things on the car including the tires, gearbox, chassis and the engine. Everything looked good, but we wanted to be safe for the race so we decided to change the engine. That way we are ready for warm-up and the race. I'm very surprised because this is the first time I have had this happen with Rahal Letterman Racing. We can work out some more things in warm-up and the car will be set to go. The car felt very good in traffic in the practice. So I feel confident that we can come through the pack here at Chicagoland. Some other tracks you couldn't do, that but here it is possible.

Some consumers sign up and have checked their credit report every day since day one.

More than any time we can remember in the past, the voters really seem to be checked out. Maybe we ranked 12th, but few voters anywhere are paying any attention.

More and more companies are unwilling to promise a rate until they've checked your credit.

No one has ever dared to approach me. The Delhi Police should have checked the records at the CSFL before casting aspersions on me.

Of course it is very nice that she wants to help. But given that it does correspond to the law on aid during an election period, there is a question that must be checked as to whether this is the period,

Nothing about Kathleen Willey is in the two articles of impeachment and if we were to go beyond the confines of the articles of impeachment and start bringing before us anybody who might have an allegation, before it had been checked and rechecked, we would make a mockery of the process,

Nobody's taught me. I read ... some poker book I checked out of the library. I read about it so I'd have some idea of the rules of the game, so I wouldn't make a fool out of myself.

Peter Utley, the newspaper's obituary editor cheerfully checked with Primrose Palmer, his assistant, on the day's soul traffic. The late archbishop from New Zealand sounded promising, it was agreed, but then again it was lunch time, and who knew what had been happening in some now-ending life.

Riding the bus on a trip like this is just as fast when you consider all the time it takes to get guys and equipment checked through the airports these days.

Right now I'm in shock. I've never given anybody steroids before. I've been checked out three times already, and I'm clean. I've been clean all my life.

I have checked the capsule ... now I can call the mission a full success.

I have chest pains after every bad game. Nothing has changed. I feel bad when we lose and this has been a year when we've lost a lot so it's not something that's fun. But Lisa just thought I need to get checked before I got on the plane (Wednesday night).

I don't know what he was doing. I was a lapped car trying to get out of his way. He checked up. ... I tried not to get him. I had nowhere to go.

If they know there are consequences, they don't do things. If they know at the dance they will be checked for alcohol, they are much less likely to use alcohol.

We want to make sure that we have checked every employee who might have any regular contact with children. So we are committed to finding all present employees that might have slipped through the cracks, and also screening all new employees.

My knee checked out medically. There's nothing else I can do.

When you're a cancer survivor, the good thing is that you get checked all the time.

Whenever you make a claim to the credit card company, we actually have to prove that it was you, so it protects us by saying we checked ID.

She sold to an 18-year-old that we had sent in, ... This was the single one we checked that failed.

The only negligence I admit to is that of not having checked what I was taking,

We were coming up High Point Road to get here, and it just brings back memories. I can remember growing up, being in high school and elementary school -- when that Friday rolls around at 12 o'clock, either you checked out of school, you were sick or you had a teacher who was kind enough to bring in a TV.

When they went down the list, the existing building checked out much more favorably than trying to move somewhere.

I have never checked online. I've always used the bookstore because it's convenient.

Kline pitched well. He threw the ball over the plate and only walked two batters. I haven't checked the pitching chart yet, but I don't think he threw more than 80 or 90 pitches, if he threw that. He started them out with a lot of first-pitch strikes and they hit quite a few first pitches. When he throws from the same arm slot, he gets the ball over.

Has Bruce been playing good defense? I haven't really checked him out. Of course, he's a good defender, but I don't really know who's stopping this year.

If one person decides to get checked for cancer and a life is saved because we met and they heard my story, then it's worth something.

I ended up going over the deep end. There's nothing worse than feeling powerless over your own career. I checked myself into rehab.

From the moment we were first dumped in Jamestown and had our teeth checked before getting sold off and later considered three-fifths of a human being, an abundance of 'likability' hasn't been something blacks have had to stockpile. Instead, it's been a centuries-long battle for respectability.

Basically what happened was, she decided to remedy the problem and she checked herself in and it saved our lives.

I don't know what Jamie was thinking or doing. He was driving kind of aggressive all night. I think I had less to do with affecting the outcome of the Chase than he did. We'd been struggling with the brakes, and he checked up in front of me. I had no intention of wrecking him.

I had just gotten off the road, and I was tired, and I didn't think I'd be of any value to him, ... I said no at first, but then as I kind of rejuvenated, I checked back in with him and he still hadn't cast the role of God. And I said I'd love to do it and I did.

We then checked Kansas City. Same card. We looked nationwide and found that same card was the favorite virtually everywhere.

We've established a responsive and customer-friendly (claims) process. We have been working with airlines to find an equitable way to address the claims. When a checked bag gets processed, it now touches many hands. It's difficult to assess responsibility.

He checked out fine. They found it was more or less him being tired and him not eating.

He checked up on the straightaway. I had no place else to go.

He did not say he expects to be impeached... We have checked the recording... he recognizes the possibility of impeachment, he didn't say that he would be impeached.

he had experienced some discomfort and that he was going to get it checked out.

He heard how professionally we run events down here. He checked with college coaches around the country about that.

Had we shot a little better in the first half, it could have been a three-, four-point game. I'm happy because a lot of teams in our situation would have checked in and quit. I'm happy with our effort.

If it's (a certain book) not being used, that's a pretty good indicator. Fiction generally has a shorter shelf life than nonfiction, though if, for instance, we have the last copy of 'Tom Sawyer' I don't care if it hasn't been checked our for five years, we're not getting rid of it.

He had some discomfort and will be checked out.

He had some health problems, so he's getting checked up. I think he will be on a flight tomorrow. He practiced yesterday, but got very ill last night ... He was throwing up last night and did not feel well. He was violently sick last night.

He had told us that he had left a battery charger on a lawn mower and we checked it out and determined that the cause of the fire started around the lawn mower. It could have been the battery charger being plugged up so long or the battery itself.

He was unbelievable. He can check off. He checked off running that quarterback sneak. That was all him.

His story was I hit him. I did hit him, but he checked up a little earlier than he had the last four. I don't know whether he was trying to protect the bottom or whatever. It was just a racing deal. I didn't do it on purpose. That's racing. I don't know. I had no intention of hitting him. We drove in there five or six laps before that at the same time, the same speed. Next thing I know, he let off and I hit him. That was the end of that. We'll talk before Classic but I'm not talking to him tonight. I'd be mad too. He has all the right in the world to be mad. I don't blame him a bit for being mad.

He's home. He's fine, and he's been checked out by the doctor. It shook him up.

He's healthy now. His knee got checked out at the end of the year. No problems. It looks great. Everything is fantastic. He's a stud. This young man is a real deal.

He's fine. It's not an issue. I checked with him and Dave (Labossiere, the trainer). He was in no pain. He was just tight. He had a hard time getting loose.

He had a clean bill of health when the trade was made and all his past situations were checked out. The one thing he had trouble with was his back, but he hasn't missed any practice time, and that's a totally isolated, different situation.

We took an 'L' tonight. That doesn't mean we're not mentally checked in. We come to work every night the same way you guys come to work every night.

Keep your distance. If you know someone is infected, go to the doctor and get checked out. A blood test is the only way to confirm whether or not you have the mumps.

My voice mail was full. And when I checked it again it got full again." ()

I was actually at my house -- the house I'm building -- sweeping up trash during the Super Bowl. I went home, took a shower, got something to eat, read a book, went to sleep and then I woke up and it was over. I checked to see who won.

Some of them literally walked away from here and checked into a hotel room. So we are now trying to find everyone and coordinate the manifest, which the coroner has, with the people we have in hotel rooms or who are in hospitals.

Stay away from people that are coughing, just like with anything else, or sneezing. And if you're having symptoms go get it checked out.

Our players have checked in, and we start practice tomorrow. We're very excited about it, but more important, the players are excited. ... Now it's time for practice. It's time for football.

Our local laws officer checked and wrote out the ticket at the rear of the vehicle and placed the ticket from the passenger side on the windscreen,

Our officer checked with the charities they claimed to work for, and they had not heard of the suspects.

I saw what the amount was and thought it should have been higher. I made a bid and went to bed. The next day, I checked my e-mail and got the notice that I'd won. I think the package is worth way more than I paid for it.

KPMG has been going over our books for a couple of months getting ready to release the 2005 quarterly results and they came across this. They checked it with Deloitte, and Deloitte has agreed with KPMG's methodology.

Last time I checked the roster, Bill Walton wasn't playing. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wasn't playing. Reggie Miller wasn't playing. We can't let that scare us.

People are definitely being more conscious of what they carry. Even after they've checked their luggage, they may have to carry it to a security checkpoint.

Our guys are changed with, in policing the sport, expecting that they have to take the personalities out of it. They can't look at who's driving the car, or who the crew chief on the car is. It's more of, this is a car and all 43 of them are checked the same.

It discourages plagiarism, because if the kids know it's going to be checked they're more likely to work a little harder instead of take the easy way out and actually try and do things properly.

I thought it must be pure science fiction. But when I checked it out I found a lot of magazine articles that actually supported the theory behind the book which was incredible. That's when I decided to acquire the rights of the book and everything went from there.

I thought I had a bad case of the flu and I got a bad pain in my right leg and went into the ER just to have that checked out.

Our vet checked her over, and she's actually now back with the flock and doing fine. The only thing that they noticed on her was where he had obviously tried to grab her while he was wrestling her down. He removed a couple handfuls of wool, right down to the skin.

Our scoreboard is blown down, and our lights have to be checked out,

Our coaches put us in a great scheme, and when we thought they were going to blitz, we checked into it and gave max protection.

Our first goal of the season was to win the preseason tournament. It's a good start. We've already got one thing checked off.

I think Sam Faber showed today why to my money she's the best freshman maybe in the country. Certainly she's the best freshman in our league. She's got some of the best moves you will ever see. The kids tease her all the time. She waits until she's checked the goalie like 18 times and she's had the open net for about a half-hour before she finally shoots it in." ()

I was told just before I took a timeout late in the game that I had two left, but it turns out I had only one. It was my mistake. I should have checked with a scorekeeper and not relied on someone on the bench.

I think it was a high blood pressure thing. We took him over there and he was being checked out, but his blood pressure was way up.

I think we kind of checked out at that point and thought the game was over. They have a lot of young players, and what they bring you is enthusiasm, energy and they (don't) know any better.

I thought as the game wore on we were out-competed. This was like a playoff game. For a game where you're going to checked this hard, I thought we had too many people below the bar today. Way too many people.

I thought we played hard. I thought that maybe we had a few mistakes in the first period. I thought the second period was outstanding. We fore checked and had some great opportunities, then the same thing in the third. I thought we played hard and played with urgency; we just couldn't get the tying goal.

It can be on one itinerary, so you don't have to go back through security -- unless you have a checked bag.

I think it's a great idea. While my wife's doing the grocery shopping instead of just wandering around the store, it would be a good chance to have my cholesterol checked again.

I thought they were physical. I thought they checked us. I thought they got to loose balls.