`` Before you try anything '', he said.

Before the airplanes came, he said, travel in Laos was just about impossible.

Before hitting the pole, Mr. Stone's car brushed against a car driven by Alva W. Vernava, 21, of 23 Maple Ave., North Providence, tearing away the rear bumper and denting the left rear fender of the Vernava car, police said.

Before 1933, individuals who opposed trade unions and collective bargaining said so in plain English.

Before Thespis, the chorus narrated ( for example, " Dionysus did this, Dionysus said that ").

:: The Christ was Jesus ' spiritual selfhood ; therefore Christ existed prior to Jesus, who said, " Before Abraham was, I am.

Before he died, Rabbeinu HaKadosh said: ‘ I need my sons !… Let the lamp continue to burn in its usual place ; let the table be set in its usual place ; let the bed be made in its usual place .” ( Kesubbos / Ketubot 103a )

Before the sentence, Brando delivered an hour of testimony, in which he said he and his former wife had failed Christian.

Before the advent of wax candles in the 14th century, this office was said in the dark or with minimal lighting ; and monks were expected to memorise everything.

Before the time of Flavius, these formularies are said to have been secret and known only to the priests.

Before the 2008 presidential election he said, " On social issues, I lean Libertarian, minus the crazy stuff ," but said in December 2011 that if he were president he would do whatever Bill Clinton advised him to do because that " would lead to policies that are a sensible middle ground.

These slings were apparently very powerful ; in 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, historian Charles C. Mann quoted a conquistador, who said that an Incan sling " could break a sword in two pieces " and " kill a horse.

When the king said that he would call his friends into council and consider what he ought to do, Popilius drew a circle in the sand around the king's feet with the stick he was carrying and said, " Before you step out of that circle give me a reply to lay before the senate.

Before labeling the types of warships used, Zixu said:

Before the sentence was formally pronounced by Judge Matsch, McVeigh addressed the court for the first time and said simply:

His mechanic Mabelli said about this race: " Before the start, Nuvolari told me to go down on the floor of the car every time he shouts, which was a signal that he went to a curve too fast and that we need to decrease the car ´ s center of mass.

Before he died in battle, he was reported to have said: " Let it never be the case that a Bohemian king runs a fight!

Before the devaluation, Jim Callaghan had announced publicly to the Press and the House of Commons that he would not devalue, something he later said was necessary to maintain confidence in the pound and avoid creating jitters in the financial markets.

Davis later recalled that it inspired her full commitment to her chosen career, and said, " Before that performance I wanted to be an actress.

Before taking the shot, he said to himself, " Now they'll never be able to save your brain, Hitler.

Before turning over the colors to another survivor of the 54th, Carney modestly said, " Boys, I only did my duty ; the old flag never touched the ground!

Antiochus said he would discuss it with his council, whereupon the Roman envoy drew a line in the sand around him and said, " Before you cross this circle I want you to give me a reply for the Roman Senate " – implying that Rome would declare war if the King stepped out of the circle without committing to leave Egypt immediately.

`` I don't have many strays coming to my front door '', he said.

`` All my life '', he said, `` I tried.

`` I hate to leave my garden '', Gavin said.

`` He works for my father '', the girl said, and then seemed to change her mind.

I had always, I said, hankered after working hard with my hands.

Adios '', I said, exhausting my Spanish vocabulary on my host and exchanging one of a scarcely-tapped store of smiles with my host's daughters.

Sometimes I wondered vaguely what he did about women for my Aunt, by blood, had died some years ago, but neither of us said anything.

He then said something which struck a chord in my memory.

So, I mustered my few words of the Manu dialect and said, `` We greet you in peace.

As if divining my thoughts, the girl Songau smiled warmly and said in the casual tone an American woman might use in describing her rose garden:

`` Mough -- it's my mough '', the man said, trying to talk without moving his lips.

`` Amen '', said the Reverend Doran, grabbing his rifle propped up against a tombstone, `` and now my brethren, it would seem that our presence is required elsewhere ''.

`` As my wife puts it '', he said, again with a twinkle in his eyes, `` all you know is your music.

`` I may possibly be a greater risk than is the normal person of my age '', the President had said on February 29th of the election year, ignoring the fact that no one of his age had ever lived out another term.

In recollection he has said: `` Natural or man-made objects kept coming into my head, but I would suppress them sternly ''.

Miriam Noel Wright said, `` Here I am at my own home, locked out so I must stand in the road ''!!

Seeing their hesitation, I said, `` Well, until I have permission to enter Germany, or a visa to re-enter France, I shall be obliged to remain here on the line between two countries '', whereupon I moved to the side of the road, parked my backpack against the small guardhouse on the sidewalk, sat down, took out my typewriter, and began typing the above conversation.

`` You do not know me '', she said in good English, `` but my mother was your governess in Philadelphia when you were a child ''.

As I have said, words from Tennyson remain ever in my memory: `` That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before ''.

Then, all but blind, he said there was nothing in Back to Methuselah --, -- `` G.B.S. ought to have known that '', -- and `` I look at my bookshelves despairingly, knowing that I can have nothing more to do with them ''.

Her mother, now dead, was my good friend and when she came to tell us about her plans and to show off her ring I had a sobering wish to say something meaningful to her, something her mother would wish said.

`` I soon came back to my senses '', he said, aloud, to the young blizzard, proudly, drawing himself up, as if making a report to some important superior.