Quotes About Countdown

She called out, All stations manned and ready, Captain! He looked at her and grinned. Stand by to raise ship! She answered, Board green! Clear from tower! Ready for count off! Minus thirty! Twenty-nine—twenty-eight— He broke off and added sheepishly, It does feel good.

So not only have we Darquesse on the loose, and not only do we have nineteen supercharged sorcerers running around, and virtually every Sanctuary on the planet in a state of chaos, but now we have twenty-three days to decide who's going to kill themselves to save the world? How the hell are we meant to manage any of that? - Vex

The clock strikes off the hollow half-hours of all the life that is left to you, one by one.

The feeling I have reminds me of New Year's Eve, when the countdown is coming and I'm not quite sure whether to grab my camera or just live in the moment. Usually I grab the camera and later regret it when the picture doesn't turn out. Then I feel enormously let down and think to myself that the night would have been more fun if it didn't mean quite so much, if I weren't forced to analyze where I've been and where I'm going.

I outta get one of those flip signs, Vern thought. "No homicides in: 2923 days.

Seven and a half hours to save the world. Isn't there some law that says we get at least twenty-four?

I count the weeks and days before my birthday.

'Final Countdown' would be a welcomed tune, even as a competitor.

March had a routine for reading the paper. He started at the back, with the truth. If Leipzig was said to have beaten Cologne four-nil at football, the chances were it was true: even the Party had yet to devise a means of rewriting the sports results. The sports news was a different matter. COUNTDOWN

Run through those time measurements again, Aahz grumbled. In seconds, minutes, hours.... Minutes! We've got a few minutes.

Forty-five minutes went by

We only have so much time, Mary," I remember saying. "Time will kill you – it really will.

There's an air of things closing down. Teachers wear shorts and T-shirts to class. They show movies while they clean out their desks. Nobody has the energy to care anymore. We're all just counting down, passing time.

Last night's homer was Willie Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.

When doctors tell you that your only hope for survival is 14 straight days of intense chemotherapy, 24 hours a day, you sit there, and you count down the 336 hours. You see, each day is a blessing.

The live broadcast began with a countdown. A few seconds in, a numbered balloon failed to burst. Let it not be shit, thought Strike, suddenly forgetting everything else in an upsurge of patriotic paranoia.

Robin and Matthew had just two months to go before the wedding. There was still time.

14. 61 horas (61 Hours)

Every second counts

Le compte à rebours va bientôt commencer. C'est une véritable fête que j'ai préparée, champagne, feu de bois, et le cadeau d'adieu, une gravure ancienne du Moulin de la Galette. La seule façon de finir sans trop souffrir, faire de l'adieu une cérémonie

I have loved 'Countdown' for years. I always used to watch it when I got home from school. To be actually on the programme is a big challenge.

Filming '24' is just like watching '24.'

The countdown reached ten seconds and I could almost hear an invisible crescendo of stirring background music. 'Anchors aweigh!' Five, four, three, two, one... and we had ignition!

Remember, the execution is fixed for the day after tomorrow, and that you have but one day to work in. And what of that? Is not a day divided into twenty-four hours, each hour into sixty minutes, and every minute sub-divided into sixty seconds? Now in 86,400 seconds very many things can be done.