Wires Quotes

Across the wires the electric message came: / `He is no better, he is much the same.' - Alfred Austin

A lot of barns in those days had arrows painted on their roofs and other messages to let the pilots known they were still on course. And those guys used to joke that the early airplanes were made of sticks and wires. - Flora Balmer

A gold book, fastened together in the shape of a book by wires of the same metal, had been dug up in the northern part of the state of New York, and along with the book an enormous pair of gold spectacles! - Charles Anthon

[Verdine White would soar aloft on wires. Johnson's drum kit was welded to a riser which rotated through 360 degrees with him still flailing away- a stunt the band devised after watching Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer spin his piano.] I had a lot of fun doing it... Never got sick. And I'd do it again. - Ralph Johnson

[SHANGHAI, China - Hold the guide wires, John Woo says. Woo is dipping into the popular Chinese historical genre with his latest project,] The War of the Red Cliff... Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. - Ang Lee

[Power was restored on the south side of town more quickly, because most of the lines are underground, the mayor said.] That is very easy... You don't have poles and wires to fix ... I am always the last one (to get electricity back), and I am the mayor. That is because I live in an area with a lot of trees. - Houssaye