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title: "7 Crossing Road Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Crossing Road quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Crossing Road sayings and thoughts."
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> [History is the heavy traffic that prevents us from crossing the road. We're not especially interested in what it consists of. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mal-peet/history-is-the-heavy-traffic-that-prevents-us-from-crossing-the-road/)

[Mal Peet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mal-peet/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/046/mal-peet-15262_bars_history-is-the-heavy-traffic-that-preven_34638.jpg)

> [Stop, look, listen Great advice not only for crossing the road, but also when you're mid-wink and suspect your wife is home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/green-monk/stop-look-listen-great-advice-not-only-for-crossing-the-road-but-also/)

[Green Monk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/green-monk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/green-monk-388_funny_stop-look-listen-great-advice-not-only-f_709028.jpg)

> [My dad went at 86. A car killed him. He was crossing the road.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-o-toole/my-dad-went-at-86-a-car-killed-him-he-was-crossing-the-road/)

[Peter O'Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-o-toole/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2de/peter-o-toole-3173_car_my-dad-went-at-86-a-car-killed-him-he-wa_812034.jpg)

> [I see people crossing the road without looking, because the lights say that you can. They're acting as if there's never been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bugzy-malone/i-see-people-crossing-the-road-without-looking-because-the-lights-say/)

[Bugzy Malone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bugzy-malone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/bugzy-malone-12311_acting_i-see-people-crossing-the-road-without-l_1067159.jpg)

> [Yesterday I saw a chicken crossing the road. I asked it why. It told me it was none of my business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-wright/yesterday-i-saw-a-chicken-crossing-the-road-i-asked-it-why-it-told-me/)

[Steven Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-wright/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb6/steven-wright-432_business_yesterday-i-saw-a-chicken-crossing-the-r_1520785.jpg)

> [“Never follow the crowd… Until and unless you're crossing the road...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanhita-baruah/never-follow-the-crowd-until-and-unless-you-re-crossing-the-road/)

[Sanhita Baruah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanhita-baruah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/sanhita-baruah-9135_city_never-follow-the-crowd-until-and-unless_1918851.jpg)

> [“I lived through all these times, these great events, without caring very much, concerned with my own aging rather than the world's.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mal-peet/i-lived-through-all-these-times-these-great-events-without-caring/)

[Mal Peet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mal-peet/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/mal-peet-15262_aging_i-lived-through-all-these-times-these-gr_2139596.jpg)

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