quote of the day archive

"life is like a shooting star/ it don't matter who you are/
if you only run for cover.../
it's just a waste of time"
Live ~ "The Dolphin's Cry"

"Karma police/ I've given all I can/ it's not enough/
I've given all I can/ but we're still on the payroll"
Radiohead ~ "Karma Police"

"In a little while/ I'll be gone/
The moment's already passed/ Yeah it's gone/
And I'm not here/ This isn't happening/ I'm not here"
Radiohead ~ "How to Disappear Completely"

"Something inside is telling me that I've got your secret/
Are you still listening?/
Fear is the lock, and laughter the key to your heart/
And I love you/"
Crosby, Stills & Nash ~ "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"

"Same as it ever was..."
~ talking heads~ "once in a lifetime"

"When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse/
Out of the corner of my eye./
I turned to look but it was gone/
I cannot put my finger on it now/
The child is grown, the dream is gone/
I have become comfortably numb"
~ pink floyd ~ "Comfortably Numb"

"All I want to do is be there for the things that you're going through/
Is that good for you?/ Is that good for you?/
You haunt my nights when I don't know where my life should go/
Is that good for you?/
Hey, child please stay awhile/ My smile will not mislead you"
~ third eye blind ~ "Good For You"

"The appariion of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough."
~ Ezra Pound "In a station in a metro"~

"im on medication! what do you expect from me?"
~a westfield police officer, while directing traffic ~
im scared... are you?

"I like to dream yes, yes, right between my sound machine/
On a cloud of sound I drift in the night/
Any place it goes is right/
Goes far, flies near, to the stars away from here"
~ Steppenwolf ~ "Magic Carpet Ride" ~

"Rachel, balance Hartge!"
~Joe~
during physics, while i was balancing various objects,
with my hands, feet and chin

"I knew that egg beater would come in handy"
~Mel Gibson, for no apparent reason~
at the nickleodeon kid's choice awards 4/15

"I think it's time for you to start to seriously consider salads."
~Tony Soprano - "The Sopranos"

"They say 'f*#&.' Every time you say 'f*#&,' you win."
~David Duchovny, to EW, about 'the sopranos'' success~

"The displays are full... the story of my life..."
~ Kathi ~

"harder, rachel... harder..."
~ Lange ~

"You are a warped monkey...
warped to the extreme..."
~Hartge, to me, about me~

"Nothing spoils the taste of peanut butter like unrequited love"
~Charlie Brown

'Rimmer: Need I remind you of Space Corps Directive 914?

Kryten: 914? "No crewmember with false teeth should
attempt oral sex in a zero-gravity environment"?'

~Red Dwarf~

"For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."
Walt Whitman ~ "Song of Myself"

"Well, have a safe trip home!"
the telemarketer on the phone, after i told her i was not the one who made long distance decisions in my house... are you confused too?

"My hands are locked up tight in fists/ My mind is racing, filled with list/ of things to do and things I've one/ Another sleepless night's begun/
...I count sheep/ I count heart beets/ The only thing that counts is/ that i wont sleep/ ...I count down, I look around/ Who needs sleep?/ well you're never gonna get it/
...With all life has to offer,/ there's so much to be enjoyed/ But the pleasures of insomnia/ are ones I can't avoid/"
Barenaked Ladies ~ "Who needs sleep?"

"If I ever had to get nakie in a hurry, I'd be in big trouble"
Tommy, on "Rugrats", when faced with the dilemma of buttons

"Oh, come crush me now/ Don't leave/ No one has won this war/ This time...
No, don't sleep tonight/ I'm hurt and ready for fire/ Don't leave me up/ I'm armed and ready to die...
Come on, it's war, come on...
You look so peaceful when you sleep/ Beautifully..."
Cardigans "it's war"

"All I know is something like a bird within her sang/
All I know she sang a little while and then flew on/
Laugh in the sunshine
sing
cry in the dark
fly
through the night"
Grateful Dead "Bird Song"

"Its vanished trees... had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams; for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath... compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder...
So we beat on, boats agaist the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby

"They don't know,/ they don't care,/ they don't see,/ but I do./ And if it feels good do it./And if it tastes fine drink./ Well, there's a range of possibilities to find./ Teenager..." beter than ezra - "Teenager"

"So many times, so many chances./This one could be your last/...
Put on your mask, wearing your cape./ Put on your mask, my Rosealia."
beter than ezra - "Rosealia"

"Cause love's such an old fashioned word/ and love dares you to care/
for people on the edge of the night/ and love dares you to change our way/
of caring about ourselves.../ This is our last dance/ This is our last dance/
This is ourselves under pressure..."
queen and david bowie "under pressure"

"Natalie: Sometimes I do a little dance."
sports night "Ordnance Tactics"

"Dan: Maybe he's just busy.
Natalie: Yeah.
Casey: Maybe he met another woman and he forgot all about you.
Natalie: Maybe I'll jam a Number 2 pencil up your nose.
Casey: Maybe he's just busy."
sports night "Ordnance Tactics"

"All the time, a loss./ black like you were blessed,/ i was sobered blind./
let you take me there/ and laughed loud when they found/
i was devoured/ devoured/ devoured..."
better than ezra- "coma"

"love me/ hate me/ make me live again/ i need you around/
... so long,/ i never had experienced this bliss./ so how could i resist?/
and i'm fine/ a little light-headed./ does that worry you? i didn't mean to worry you."
better than ezra- "live again"

"this one has purple. purple's a fruit."
-Homer Simpson,
to Lisa about donuts, on "The Simpsons"

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