Creeping Quotations

Every place has its own punk flavor, but they all borrowed ideas from SoCal. It's still a vibrant scene creeping into every crevasse of youth culture. When you hear grunge, you think of the '90s, but when you hear L.A. punk, it's timeless.

Riding in advance, we passed over one of these great plains; we looked back and saw the line of scattered horsemen stretching for a mile or more; and far in the rear against the horizon, the white wagons creeping slowly along.

You could engineer a human to survive the greenhouse effect because you think that's what's going to happen, and then all of a sudden the glaciers are creeping down on you.

After getting driven into the ground by the policies of the Bush administration, the economy is creeping up. It's doing that because people are sticking their shoulders to the wheel. Community banks are doing a lot of lending to small businesses and keeping them going.

There are definitely earnings fears creeping in the market. Investors are seriously questioning whether Japanese companies can really attain existing earnings growth forecasts for next year.

There are definitely earnings fears creeping in the market,

When I was a kid, I loved 'The Curse of Frankenstein,' 'The Creeping Unknown,' 'X: The Unknown.' I love 'Forbidden Planet,' 'The Thing from Another World.' They were science fiction/horror movies, generally.

What we're seeing is that most of the compliant product lead times are firming up and creeping out. If the lead time was two weeks, now it's four. If it was four weeks, it's going to six or eight weeks.

What this country needs is radicals who will stay that way regardless of the creeping years.

When we got to the patient, the dog was a good 50 yards away. He kept creeping up and barking at the firetruck.

We're not approaching it to make a carbon copy of what we did last time but we've tended to come back to the way we were thinking then. More to the point, I'm creeping up toward being old enough for it now.

With the rate verdict due later, there's a cautious mood creeping into equity markets as although a 25-basis-point hike is widely expected, there's little consensus as to just how long the aggressive stance over interest rates will now continue for.

There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will.Behind that outside pattern the dim shapes get clearer every day.It is always the same shape, only very numerous.And it is like a woman stooping down and creeping about behind that pattern.

Several times in the last year we've seen mortgage rates creeping up and housing hasn't responded. Now the Federal Reserve has put some credibility behind the increase in rates. I think it set a general tone for the housing market that it'll be a lot more muted.

Mohamed always surprises me. It used to be he'd make one good play for every bad one, then two good plays for every bad one, and now he's creeping toward three good plays. He's a risk-taker, and it turned out well for us tonight.

Nobody wants to get ahead of things. The stuff that could happen later in the year could be creeping into things now, which is keeping us flatter than I would've liked.

Nothing enrages citizens more than the suspicion of a creeping loss of sovereignty,

I was really surprised he played that good, just because it looks like maybe age is creeping in on him but ... I haven't seen him that fast in a tournament.

I am done with great things and big plans, great institutions and big success. I am for those tiny, invisible loving human forces that work from individual to individual, creeping through the crannies of the world like so many rootlets, or like the capillary oozing of water, which, if given time, will rend the hardest monuments of pride.

Businesses are running up against capacity constraints and have no choice but to hire, and that may bid up wages. Productivity is decelerating and inflation pressures keep creeping up.

But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

I had assumed I'd pack my bags and head elsewhere after 'Constellation,' but Chechnya is creeping its way into the margins of my second book.

Given that the employment report will be released on Friday, the appetite for selling the dollar may be limited especially with the consensus for non-farm payrolls gradually creeping higher from the original reading of 200,000.

What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; / Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; / The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.

Holiday spending can be difficult enough to budget for at the best of times, without the bill creeping up by way of these hidden charges. It is possible for consumers to reduce the amount they will pay in fees, or avoid paying them altogether, if they take a little time to research the credit card market before going away and make sure that they are packing the right plastic.

I think it's a reflection of the anti-car philosophy that's creeping into our council. It's the tip of the iceberg as far as many more restrictions and reductions and attacks on motorists in this city and suburbs.

It is a hard although a common case To find our children running restive- they In whom our brightest days we would retrace, Our little selves reform'd in finer clay, Just as old age is creeping on apace, And clouds come o'er the sunset of our day, Th

It is one clear case in which technology is creeping on us without us being aware. We did not imagine that images would play such a big role in this tournament.

I think that was a little bit of a surprise; that number keeps creeping up.

I think the ACC is really making a statement for women's basketball, not just UNC and Duke. Usually it's the SEC that's getting all the love because they have Tennessee and they have national championships. The ACC's creeping up here.

It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.

I think everything trickles down. It starts at the big leagues, and then it comes into college. Whatever goes on in college usually starts creeping into high school stuff ? all the good stuff and the bad.

Some people are mentioning that crude is creeping back up to US$70 a barrel, but people are focusing much more on interest rates now.

With the FOMC rate verdict due later today, there's a cautious mood creeping into equity markets as although a 25 basis point hike is widely expected, there's little consensus as to just how long the aggressive stance over interest rates will now continue for.

We've done it plenty of times this year, come back in the third. We had a (four-game) losing streak there and we knew this was a key game for us because teams are creeping up on us.

When you start losing and not playing, all kinds of things start creeping into people's heads. You start asking things like: 'Is this program for me? Do I stay with it?' I'm pretty sure we knew that. You have to play through it and that's what Joel did.

What is the matter?" he cried. "For God's sake, what are you doing!"I kept on creeping just the same, but I looked at him over my shoulder. "I've got out at last," said I, "in spite of you and Jane. And I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't put me back! Now why should that man have fainted? But he did, and right across my path by the wall, so that I had to creep over him every time!

What if' is always creeping up in your head. But I think you've got to constantly remind yourself that 'what if' could have been easily 13-0 like the Colts.

There has been a creeping spread of location technology in the workplace.

To the darkness and the night, the spirits seem to have a natural claim - it is their realm; the boldest of us have sometimes felt an unaccountable creeping in the thick darkness.

There are serious doubts creeping in about how big this season's crop is going to be.

We've been creeping up and doing better and better each year, but when we get MCAS back I will not be surprised if we've stalled somewhat and we're not meeting our targets, ... You get what you pay for and when all is said and done and all these years of level funding will show that we're not meeting AYP (state standards).

The public has lost interest. They'd much rather hear about the Robert Blake murder case or what is happening on Wall Street. A feeling is creeping back in that if you lead foreign, you die.

Ultimately what these companies need to do, whether combined or alone, is fend off creeping market share from SAP, ... and it's probably easier for them to do that combined.

This snuck up on us, too. Growth and demand has been creeping up on us.

Bond yields have been creeping up on an almost daily basis since the beginning of October, pushing mortgage rates up as they go, ... Inflation remains low, however, and we expect that to continue into 2004 and beyond. And as long as it does, we won't see mortgage rates rising very dramatically.

Even though interest rates are creeping up slightly, demand continues to be strong.

As the moon is bodily entering into the shadow of the Earth, it appears as if this shadow is creeping across the moon. However, during total eclipse, you get these beautiful colors.

I spent the first summer after my diagnosis creeping about in giant sun hats and tents, cursing the sun, staying inside as much as possible. Now I am beginning to think the most important thing is educated sun exposure, because the melanomas of today are not caused by today's sunbathing, but by our childhoods and early adolescence.

These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, / And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.

I've lived here since 1982, and when the trees start re-budding in November and the winters are lame like they have been, and each summer it seems the heat comes earlier and stays longer. ... I just think it's unfortunate we have to think extreme heat could have devastating consequences on people's health in Minnesota. But it's creeping north.

Offer your talents at the feet of God; let every act be a flower, free from creeping worms of envy and egoism and full of the fragrance of love and sacrifice.

Oil prices creeping back towards the key $60 mark may well provide some support for the petrochemicals sector.

Oil is affecting inflation; it is slowly creeping up in the United States and we're seeing rising producer prices,

During preseason rankings, we weren't in there and that was OK with us. We like creeping up on other teams. The rankings in the newspaper - that's good bulletin board material.

Despite the fact that energy prices are creeping up and housing continues to crumble, surveys suggest job gains are providing an offset for confidence. The potential is there for consumer spending to remain resilient.

That's got to be creeping into (our players') minds a little bit. But they still found a way to win.

You're seeing inventories creeping up and affordability pinching more and more, and you're seeing long-term rates creeping up. All that suggests a trimming of housing activity.

This is definitely good news, ... Six out of the previous eight PPI reports have been higher than expected but the corresponding CPI reports have not. That means that we're not seeing the creeping effects of inflation passed on to the consumer.

This is a process of creeping implementation. It's moving forward slowly.

They were creeping back, but that gave us a little momentum.

They played hard and fought their way back into the game. The game goes back and forth for two quarters, and they were kind of creeping back in the ballgame. We just have enough weapons, and we got some field position on turnovers there in the forth quarter to put the game away.

They are small, and one might think this is inconsequential but their numbers are creeping up. I don't think, based on what we know about Toyota, they should be ignored.

You don't see it creeping up. You don't see the changes unless you go back and think of it.

It's been brutal. We saw an unprecedented increase in the cost of gasoline, pushing past the $3 per gallon level, but we are starting to see prices creeping back down again.

It's almost a creeping polarization of Iraq along ethnic and sectarian lines, We see a slow, steady loss of confidence, a growing process of distrust.

For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; / So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

It's good news because it shows there's no creeping inflation. And the Fed is not worried about inflation. What they care about is the manufacturing side of things, retail sales and consumer spending.

Then God said, "Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness; and let them have stewardship over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon t

The "News," the conferences that leer,the creeping fog, the civil traps.These are what force you into fear.

The "News," the conferences that leer, the creeping fog, the civil traps. These are what force you into fear.

Then I saw the Congo, creeping through the black,Cutting through the forest with a golden track.

It?s mostly a creeping fire. A slow-burning, not-very-hot fire, but I?m sure there are trees that are being scorched as well.

It's something I've known I was creeping up on. It's been fun chasing these numbers and breaking records. I'm fortunate enough to be around long enough to accumulate those numbers and have great players around you to reach those goals.

It's slowed down because of price increases and interest rates creeping up. We're seeing a steady, strong market, but not at the levels we've seen.

The beautiful thing about 'The Strain Trilogy' is the ability to move from gore to high fable to creeping dread to domestic drama to unbearable suspense to the uncanny and on and on. The epic journey is designed to support these swings in mood, and that complements my tastes, which are wide-ranging.

It's been creeping up instead of galloping. Until they get enough (gasoline) in the pipelines, we're going to continue to suffer like this.

They like inflation where it is now. But they're worried that it's creeping up.

Every year is a do-or-die year ... especially when the cap numbers start creeping up on the older guys. (Allen) found a way to get it done for this off-season. You never know if we're going to have to be creative and do it again next off-season.

The Fed is watching with every eye, ear, and nose it has for evidence that oil prices are creeping into core inflation.

The Fed doesn't have to get too worried about inflation creeping up, but it can't get complacent,

Inflation is creeping up, but it's not out of hand. I think that's pretty important. The bond market may have discounted a worst-case scenario over the last couple of months on inflation, and now maybe traders won't have to worry about the Fed moving too fast.

In Iraq they zeroed in on oil, and this appears to be a creeping process, since it is happening in Saudi Arabia.

I have not much love for the bright lights - unless it's the sun creeping up over the horizon.

I had the fear of Chicago creeping back as the miles ticked on. My last three miles being horrendously slow.

Interest rates have been creeping up slowly, and we've definitely seen somewhat of a softening in home sales.

I just think it's a failure to get one guy hot. You got nine guys in the lineup. You don't expect nine guys to scuffle. Someone is going to pay for it sooner or later. But that doesn't make me feel good at all. Sooner or later they're going to get their hits. We need them to do it sooner than later. Time is creeping up on us.

Home buyers need something visible on-screen to surprise them, ... If it's the dollar gradually losing another 10 percent or mortgage rates creeping up 1 percentage point, that's not going to do it.

Gas prices sometimes go up on Thursday. This is when demand starts creeping up. People go away for the weekend. So it's high then and then it slowly starts creeping down after the weekend. Typically, the lowest price day of the week is generally Tuesday midday or Wednesday morning.

The idea that you can't leave the country without having your name put on a national identity register is an interesting idea of voluntary. This is a creeping compulsion.

The economy has been steadily creeping up. Employment was up, and new orders were up a little. Production was slightly lower, but that's not unusual for December.

The catalyst for this was the sharp rise in the U.S. Producer Price Index, with the 1.9 percent jump in September coming in at more than analysts were expecting, and fueling fears of increased inflation creeping back into the U.S. economy,

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: / All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

Books, books, books had found the secret of a garret-room piled high with cases in my father's name; Piled high, packed large, /where, creeping in and out among the giant fossils of my past, like some small nimble mouse between the ribs of a mastodon, I nibbled here and there at this or that box, pulling through the gap, in heats of terror, haste, victorious joy, the first book first. And how I felt it beat under my pillow, in the morning's dark. An hour before the sun would let me read! My books!

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes