Too often the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late. (Quote by - Rita Coolidge)

Ronald Reagan used to alarm other constituencies by speaking freely about the End Times foreshadowed in the Bible. (Quote by - Christopher Hitchens)

The first thing that happened leading up to such a large spill was that at about 6 or 7 in the morning the telephone alarm system crashed and we don't know why. It's operated by the phone company and we are working with them to understand why that happened. The telephone alarm system monitors about 20-plus self-operating pump stations west of the Long Beach Freeway. (Quote by - Joe Haworth)

That was incredibly misleading to our consumers, and it caused them to be alarmed about things they shouldn't be alarmed about. (Quote by - Nancy Anderson)

We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties. (Quote by - James Madison)

The single most effective thing proprietors can do is to install a fire detection system with an alarm that rings at the station. (Quote by - Peter Kelly)

So much alarmed that she is quite alarming, All Giggle, Blush, half Pertness, and half Pout. (Quote by - Lord Byron)

Evils in the journey of life are like the hills which alarm travelers on their road. -Both appear great at a distance, but when we approach them we find they are far less insurmountable than we had conceived. (Quote by - Charles Caleb Colton)

But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business. (Quote by - Everett Dirksen)

I don`t set the alarm to get up. I get up when I feel like it. (Quote by - Patricia Highsmith)

Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour. (Quote by - Joseph Hall)

Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not. (Quote by - Ursula K. Le Guin)

Policy makers want to make sure in the language of their statement that whatever they do, it's meant as insurance -- they don't want to create alarm about the state of the economy, but they also don't want to create alarm in the bond market about the end of accommodative policy, (Quote by - Tony Crescenzi)

I'm not saying my wife's a bad cook, but she uses a smoke alarm as a timer. (Quote by - Bob Monkhouse)

The cities with the greatest success in dealing with false alarm issues and maintaining public support take a citizen-oriented approach. Dallas can accomplish the same thing by working with the alarm industry and the state legislature. (Quote by - Chris Russell)

As Secretary of Housing, I do have to express alarm, signal the alarm if you will, that the potential for homelessness to grow is there. (Quote by - Henry Cisneros)

If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm. (Quote by - Elizabeth Bowen)

Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars. (Quote by - Christopher Hitchens)

Get out of control, but appear under control. It's not bad to alarm other people, though - it's good for them. (Quote by - Hunter S. Thompson)

Smoke alarms cannot alert you to the danger and cannot save lives if they are not working. If your alarm is activated when cooking then close the kitchen door and open a window. But that was after a great deal of noxious smoke had been given off which spread throughout the house. (Quote by - Tom Dunn)

God incarnate is the end of fear; and the heart that realizes that He is in the midst... will be quiet in the middle of alarm. (Quote by - F. B. Meyer)

Speak of change, and the world is in alarm. And yet where do we not see change? (Quote by - Francis Wright)

The first thing I do is check my alarm clock to make sure the time is right, then I wash my hands, then I check my alarm clock again, so I have to wash my hands again. Then I dip my toothbrush in alcohol to make sure there are no germs on it. (Quote by - Harriet Comfort)

In the concerts I not only played my own songs, but played songs by Dave Sharp. That`s my way of keeping the true spirit of the Alarm alive. (Quote by - Mike Peters)

We really encourage people to put smoke alarms in bedrooms and outside sleeping areas. This man was very lucky because he didn't have a smoke alarm. (Quote by - Dana Perry)