I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be…

People sort of imagine Chris Morris and me sitting somewhere dark, with dripping taps and chilling background music. In fact, we like to sit…

— Peter Baynham

“I was sitting on the roof, and she didn't see me. I sit on the roof a lot. People never think to look up.”

— Fannie Flagg

“Happiness is like a bird. If it chooses to sit on your roof, you cannot capture it and put it in a cage.”

— Farin Powell

I used to sit on the roof of the apartment where Jim Morrison used to write his early lyrics

— Henry Rollins

“You don't get to turn someone's sanctuary into an unsafe space.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

“it takes no more than ten grown men to prevent a stationary car from getting away—”

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“There is no getting away from the past or from one’s destiny.”

— Laxmi Hariharan

Henry Ford didn't just create a cheap way of getting away from your in-laws; he basically understood that there was something in us as…

— Richard Rodriguez

For me, acting is about getting away from myself. So to look at myself is the last thing I want.

— Helena Bonham Carter

Sometimes getting away from school is the best thing that can happen to a great mind.

— Ken Robinson

“thousand of Hal's getting away. Four”

— Max Brand

We travel because we need to, because distance and difference are the secret tonic of creativity. When we get home, home is still the…

— Jonah Lehrer

I had a helluva time getting away from Halas.

— George Blanda

“Ironically, the only way to see clearly is to stand at a distance. You might be focused, but that doesn't mean you are seeing…

— Shannon L. Alder

It's the tradition of American writers getting away in order to see the country - to get a better view.

— Laurie Anderson