1. escalator - Noun
2. escalator - Verb
a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
Source: WordNetMy wife will buy anything marked down. Last year she bought an escalator. Henny Youngman
Beginning to reason is like stepping onto an escalator that leads upward and out of sight. Once we take the first step, the distance to be traveled is independent of our will and we cannot know in advance where we shall end. Peter Singer
An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience. Mitch Hedberg
I'm building a glass pyramid over the Egyptian escalator where my body will be mummified, so my customers can come and see me forever. Mohamed Al-Fayed
I like an escalator, because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. You would never see an "Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order" sign, just an, "Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience. We apologize for the fact that you can still get up there." Mitch Hedberg
I met this wonderful girl at Macy's. She was buying clothes and I was putting Slinkies on the escalator. Steven Wright