“I know you look both ways before you cross the street, but I want you to look both ways a second time, because I told you to.”

— Jonathan Safran Foer

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Novelist 1977

Laurence J. Peter (1919–1990) Canadian eductor

“Sorry but nothing of much importance ever happened to me… I'm just a girl who forgot to look both ways before crossing the street.”

Gabrielle Zevin book Elsewhere

Source: Elsewhere

“Traffic was like a bad dog. It wasn't important to look both ways when crossing the street; it was important to not show fear.”

P. J. O'Rourke (1947) American journalist

All the Trouble in the World (1994)

“I think there's blame on both sides, you look at, you look at both sides, I think there's blame on both side, and I have no doubt about it, and you don't have any doubt about it either.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

2010s, 2017, August

“We look at, the absurdity of the system provides us the most material. And that is best served by sort of the theater of it all, you know, which, by the way, thank you both, because it's been helpful.”

Jon Stewart (1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian

In response to Paul Begala's question of which 2004 presidential candidate would provide the best comedic material if elected.
Crossfire Appearance (2004)

“Oh, why can't I ignore it? I keep giving in, but I should know better. Because there was something about the way you looked at me, and it's strange that things change. But not me, wanting you so desperately.”

Michelle Branch (1983) American singer-songwriter and guitarist

"Desperately"
2000s, Hotel Paper (2003)
Context: There was something, about the way you looked at me. Made me think for a moment, that maybe we were meant to be. Living our lives separately, and it's strange that things change. But not me, wanting you so desperately. Oh, why can't I ignore it? I keep giving in, but I should know better. Because there was something about the way you looked at me, and it's strange that things change. But not me, wanting you so desperately.