“I was in a grocery store. I saw a sign that said 'pet supplies.' So I did. Then I went outside and saw a sign that said, 'Compact cars.”

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American actor and author 1955

Jay London (1966) American comedian

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“I went down to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, 'Hey, the sign says you’re open 24 hours. He said, 'Yes, but not in a row.”

Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author

“In some grocery stores there is an expressive sign that says: Today I don't trust, tomorrow I do. I have some desire to compare that sign the promises of happiness that life gives us.”

Daniel Salamanca (1863–1935) President of Bolivia (1863-1935)

“The BNP leader said we kept the people in the dark while signing the memoranda of understanding (MoUs). I have only one question to ask her: Whom did she consult when she signed the defence deal with China? No-one saw what was in it.”

Sheikh Hasina (1947) Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Responding to Khaleda Zia's criticism about her state visit to India (13 April 2017). http://m.ndtv.com/world-news/i-hid-nothing-about-india-deals-unlike-khaleda-zia-sheikh-hasina-1680973

“I saw all of a sudden
No sign of any ship.”

Mervyn Peake (1911–1968) English writer, artist, poet and illustrator

Poem O'er seas that have no beaches

“I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education.”

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India

Part I, Chapter 5, At the High School
1920s, An Autobiography (1927)

“I saw them in the grocery store […] sitting benignly in their spinning racks, their technicolor faces looked like a not very girl-friendly amalgam of muscles, testosterone and pulpy, bloody flesh.”

Amber Benson (1977) actress from the United States

Introduction
Willow & Tara (2000-2002)

“yesterday someone sent a message that was signed GOD! bernard said.
really? dap said. i didn't know he was signed onto the system”

Orson Scott Card book Ender's Game

Source: Ender's Game

“I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower. The TV was obviously on. I used to fly myself and I said, "There's one terrible pilot."”

George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States

Quoted in Elisabeth Bumiller (2001-12-05) "A Nation Challenged: The President" New York Times. Colloquial English allows Bush's remark to be interpreted as "I saw that an airplane had hit the tower."
2000s, 2001

“I saw a stationery store move.”

Jay London (1966) American comedian

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“I was in a grocery store. I saw a sign that said 'pet supplies.' So I did. Then I went outside and saw a sign that said, 'Compact cars.”

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