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I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.

Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.

Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page.

The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it.

O queen Emilia, / Fresher than May, sweeter / Than her gold buttons on the boughs,

In attempting to touch down on the button of the runway, he misjudged his altitude and struck a pile of rocks short of the runway. The right wheel was torn off and the gear leg bent backwards.

It's Christmas at ground zero / The button has been pressed / The radio / Just let us know / That this is not a test

'She has heard from us this morning,' said Mr. Gamble, grinning on his watch, 'and she knows all by this time, and 'tisn't a button to her.'

One thing you definitely don't want to do is write past the button. For example, a scene's natural button might run something like this:

TONY: That kind of talk is exactly what I'm talking about.

Whereas an example of writing past the button would sound something like this:

TONY: That kind of talk is exactly what I'm talking about.

CARMELLA: Okay. 'Bye.

TONY: Bye.

Scenes usually go out on a laugh line, a stinger or a button. End your script with a twist!

FREDO: Mikey, why would they ever hit poor old Frankie Five-Angels? I loved that ole sonuvabitch. I remember when he was just a 'button,' when we were kids.

Hardly a rattler is ever reported in the newspapers unless it is stated to have had "blank rattles and a button". But here button usually means the terminal lobe of the last rattle, even though the string may not be complete, the true button and additional rattles having been lost.