The smoke alarm went off in the hallway upstairs, either to let us know the battery had just died or because the house was on fire. Don DeLillo
Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him. Michael Zaslow
Basically I just had to say, "Screw everyone around me - from now on I'm just gonna play what I think is important to me and our music." So I gave the big finger to all the current trends in technical wizardry, and just went off and did what I felt was best for the songs. Kirk Hammett
My brother and sister are both older than I am and were born before my father went off to World War I. Douglass North
When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom. But today I believe my government is lying to the American people and that my president, George Bush, is a criminal. Jack Herer
All the sadder that Stone, on the brink of his greatest work, turned one day and went off to live in a town we shall call Obscurity by the sea best named The Past. Ray Bradbury