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Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.

- John Lithgow

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

- Warren Buffett

Years ago, when I was doing the show Southern Expressions, Scott had just come to work here. Scott was the shooter for the event. He hooked up the camera to the back of the truck, and then he had the truck tow the car I was in, and he shot the scene through the windshield. From that moment, I thought this guy has got something going. He`s something special.

- Ap Dijksterhuis

The power technology in lamps and windshield wipers today are really quite sophisticated. It is under the control of the microcontroller, which tells it how much power to allow. Rather than just turn on, it says `I know this load on this lamp to be 4A,` and if the load exceeds that value, the lamp will turn off immediately. A traditional relay control would just turn it on, despite the short, and would burn up. Then you would have to buy all kinds of expensive pieces instead of replacing a bulb or a small wire.

- Aritha Van Herk

Her blood sugar went really low and she had a diabetic seizure. She ran into a car and then continued for almost a mile. My other daughter was pulling the wheel trying to avoid hitting on coming traffic. The older daughter had to get staples in her head because she hit the windshield and the air bags went off, my other daughter has a concussion and a bump in her head.

- Barbara Fleming

Wow I passed a lot of trucks. It`s tough to pass, but it`s exciting to make some passes here too. From my windshield I saw a lot of exciting stuff going on and from my mirror I saw some exciting stuff going on. I don`t know if it was just me, but it was one heck of a race going on out here.

- Barbara Messing