signs

Woody Guthrie had a sign on his guitar that said "This machine kills fascists."

Steve McQueen had a sign in his pool that said "Anyone caught in here better have a damn good reason."

I once had an English teacher that said you should actually write "the sign read" instead of "the sign said" because technically a sign can't say anything. She was probably the same teacher who said you're not supposed to start sentences with "but" or "and." I don't think either of these things is true.