QUOTES
Here is the new format: alphabetical order! ordered by band name, movie name, and people's FIRST names! yes, i do know how to alphabetize, but Tom Petty confused me... should i do it under T for the band name or P for the person? so i did both and followed suit through the whole thing. (example: Emo Philips is under E; George Carlin is under G. and Tom Petty is under T!) *grin*
# - A - B
- C - D - E - F
- G - H - I - J
- K - L - M
N - O - P - Q
- R - S - T - U
- V - W - X - Y
- Z
Come on now, try and understand
The way I feel under your command
Take my hand as the sun descends
They can't hurt you now
(Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us) -- 10,000 Maniacs -- Because the Night
Sing with me, sing for the year
Singing for the laughter, singing for the tears
Sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away -- Aerosmith -- Dream
On
Melvin: Sell crazy some place else, we're all stocked up here." -- As Good As It Gets
I've stood up to giants, battled barbarians and sorcerors,
defended myself against all manner of beasts.
I've even faced the terrors of the future and returned to tell the tale...
But there's no shield against a broken heart. -- Baughb the Elf -- Elf
Life Comic Strip -- E. McMillan
What can you do when your love's unrequited?
Leave it to rot or pointlessly fight it?
What can you do when she doesn't return it?
Drown it in tears or silently burn it? -- bEFORE oR aFTER -- uLTIMATUM
One wild child to write the book of philosophy on life
But nothing came out words, just a drawing of a knife -- bEFORE oR aFTER
-- a dRAWING oF a kNIFE
Caught in the centrifuge
(Return your body to me!) -- bEFORE oR aFTER -- a sECONDARY tHOUGHT
iN a cOLLAPSE oF mIND
Voices say, "PUT OUT THE FIRE!"
Others say, "tend to the fire..." -- bEFORE oR aFTER -- 300
wAYS
I just want someone to say to me
"I'll always be there when you wake."
You know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today
So stay with me and I'll have it made -- Blind Melon -- No Rain
Wake up in the morning, take a deep breath
There's no smell of roses, just the scent of death
Life's intoxicating, like streets confetti red
Can't start believing with those voices in your head -- Bride -- Murder
We don't need no burning crosses
Put out the fire of bigotry
We don't need to count out losses
When they bury you they'll bury me -- Bride -- Troubled Times
Don't know what it is I did so wrong -- Cinderella -- Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting -- Cindi Lauper -- Time
After Time
If this world makes you crazy and you've taken all you can
Then call me up, because you know I'll be there
And I see your true colors shining through
I see your true colors, and that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show -- Cindi Lauper -- True Colors
Col. Mustard: "Are you trying to make me look like an
idiot in front of the other guests?"
Wadsworth: "You don't need any help from me!"
Col. Mustard: "That's right!" -- Clue - The Movie
Wadsworth: "Anyway, to make a long story short..."
Col. Mustard: Too late!" -- Clue - The Movie
Carpe Noctum -- Dean Koontz -- Seize the Night
If there's anything more important than my ego around, I
want it caught and shot now!
-- Douglas Adams -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Zaphod Beeblebrox)
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made
a lot of people very angry and been
widely regarded as a bad move." -- Douglas Adams -- The Restaurant at
the End of the Universe
Carry me to the shoreline, Bury me in the sand
Walk me across the water, Then maybe you'll understand -- Dream Theater
-- Hollow Years
Once the stone you're crawling under is lifted off your shoulders,
Once the cloud that's raining over your head disappears,
The noise that you'll hear is the crashing down of hollow years -- Dream
Theater -- Hollow Years
Take away my pain, leave the cold outside
Please don't let it rain, don't stumble on my pride
Take away my pain, I'm not frightened anymore
Just stay with me tonight, I'm tired of this fight,
Soon I'll be knocking at your door... -- Dream theater -- Take Away
My Pain
Take away my pain, let the cold inside
It's time to let it rain, there's nothing left to hide
Take away my pain, I'm not frightened anymore
I'm learning to survive without you in my life
Till you come knocking at my door... -- Dream Theater -- Take Away My
Pain
I never wasted all those years; They're not worth their time
in tears
I'd never spend too long in darkness if it weren't for my fears... --
Dream Theater -- Trial of Tears
So many ways to drown a man
So many ways to drag him down
Some are fast and some take years and years -- Dream Theater -- 6:00
Try to push me 'round the world some more, make me live in
fear
I bear all that I am made of now , attractive I don't care
'Cause even when I danced with life, no one was there to share
Does this voice the wounds of your soul? -- Dream Theater -- Caught
in a Web
Try to live the life you live and saw it doesn't work for
me
I bear all that I am made of now, attractive I can't be
Inside, the Dance of Life is one I'll never hold to me
You can't heal the wounds of my soul! -- Dream Theater -- Caught in
a Web
This is not how I want it to end
And I'll smile and I'll learn to pretend
And I'll have no more dreams to defend
And I'll never be open again -- Dream Theater -- Space Dye Vest
I had gotten used to being a soul destroyed
She comes in apparently to fill the void
All dogs need a leash and at least I'll forget it
She would never hurt me, though she's never said it
But I'm not gonna ask her today
I don't wanna scare her away -- Dream Theater -- Lie
I show you my hands, you don't see the scars
Maybe you'll leave me here to burn -- Dream Theater -- Scarred
I break down walls to find you -- Dream Theater -- Innocence Faded
Thorn in my side, chip on my shoulder
Lump in my throat the size of a boulder
Chill in my spine can't get any colder
And you wonder why I can't smile -- Dream Theater -- Burning My Soul
Pull me under, I am not afraid -- Dream Theater -- Pull Me Under
Every day sends Future to Past
Every breath leaves me one less to my last -- Dream Theater -- Pull
me Under
Heaven must be more than this
When angels waken with a kiss
Sacred hearts won't take the pain
But mine will never be the same -- Dream Theater -- Surrounded
Love is an act of blood
and I'm bleeding... -- Dream Theater -- Space Dye Vest
I was told there's a miracle for each day that I try
I was told there's a new love that's born for each one that has died
I was told there'll be no one to call on when I feel alone and afraid
I was told if you dream of the next world
You'll find yourself swimming in a lake of fire -- Dream Theater --
Metropolis-Part I "The Miracle and The Sleeper"
In with the ashes, or up with the smoke from the fire
With wings up in Heaven, or here lying in bed
Palm of her hand to my head
Now and forever curled
In my heart and the heart of the world... -- Dream Theater -- Wait For
Sleep
Living comes much easier
Once we admit we're dying. -- Dream Theater -- Lines in the Sand
I have never in my life learned anything from any
man who agreed with me -- Dudley Field Malone
If he had the answers, then perhaps he could offer up sympathy
perhaps even healing. -- Elizabeth Forrest -- Dark Tide
Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. -- Emo Philips
I would swallow my pride; I would choke on the rind
But the lack thereof would leave me empty inside
I would swallow my doubt; Turn it inside out
Find nothing but faith in nothing
Want to put my tender heart in a blender
Watch it spin around to a beautiful oblivion -- Eve 6 -- Inside Out
Soldier: "Sir, are you classified as Human?"
Corbin: "Uh... negative... I am a meat popsicle!" -- The Fifth
Element
If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed. -- George Carlin
If you haven't gotten where you're going, you aren't there yet! -- George Carlin
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. -- George Orwell -- Animal Farm
You can trust me not to think
And not to sleep around
If you don't expect too much from me
You may not be let down
'Cause all I really want is to be with you
Feeling like I matter, too
If I hadn't blown the whole thing years ago
I might be here with you -- Gin Blossoms -- Hey, Jealousy
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while -- Green day -- Time of Your Life
If love is blind I guess I'll buy myself a cane! -- Guns N' Roses -- Locomotive
I want to fill you up with love and it will never leave you
I want to turn of all your hate into the love inside of me
I want to smother all your hate and see the light shining from your
eyes
A love that covers over all, a love that will never leave -- Hot Pink
Turtle -- Pickin' Berries
I never know just what is wrong or right till fear goes away
I never realize I'm losing sight until the light of day
I never realize I've fallen down until I crawl a mile
I never reallize I wear a frown until I see a smile -- Hot Pink Turtle
-- Guntistha Garden
"I once wrestled a man on the
steps o' the Acropolis when the sun was at its peak
wearin' only what God sent me into the world with. Can ya picture THAT?"
-- The Imposters
If your family tree does not fork, you might be a redneck. -- Jeff Foxworthy
Then there are the tremendous, unmistakable, life-and-death
crises,
the scalding, the bone-breaking events,
the lightnings that shatter the landscape of the soul. -- Katherine
Anne Porter -- When Rabbit Howls
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
while loving someone deeply gives you courage. -- Lao Tzu
And when we sleep, would you shelter me
In your warm and dark embrace -- Lita Ford (with Ozzy Ozborne) -- If
I Close My Eyes Forever
Seymore: Poor, all my life I've always been poor
I keep asking God what I'm for
And He tells me, "Gee, I'm not sure.
Sweep that floor, kid." -- Little Shop of Horrors - Downtown (Skid
Row)
"Yes, I think toast is an appropriate description!" -- Magic: The Gathering - Desintegrate
"I offered you eternal life; I just didn't say where."-Shauku, Endbringer -- Magic: The Gathering - Infernal Harvest
The sea of fear has endless depths. -- Magic: The Gathering - Wave of Terror
"The blood on my hands is merely proof of my ambition."-Kaervek -- Magic: The Gathering - Wicked Reward
"Ah, I remember my first death."-Zarkuu, necrosavant -- Magic: The Gathering - Necrosavant
"Sheathe your sword, warrior, lest ye fall on it when stricken."-Lim-Dul, the Necromancer -- Magic: The Gathering - Seizures
"Madness and genius are seperated only by degrees of success."-Sidar Jabari -- Magic: The Gathering - Inspiration
"Never taunt an embermage, 'What are you going to do about it?'"-Akin, seasoned askari -- Magic: The Gathering - Incinerate
There's little more demeaning than getting your butt kicked by a bunch of bunnies. -- Magic: The Gathering - Jackalope Herd
"Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity."-D'Avenant proverb -- Magic: The Gathering - Alabaster Potion
And if my heart were still alive
I know it would surely break
And my memories live with you
There's nothing more to say
Moving on is a simple thing
What it leaves behind is hard
There's no deceiving, there's no more pain
And the living are scarred -- Megadeth -- A Tout Le Monde
If there's a new way
I'll be the first in line,
But, it better work this time -- Megadeth -- Peace Sells... But Who's
Buying?
I said I need you, does that make me wrong?
Am I a weak man, are you feeling strong?
My heart was blackened, it's bloody red
A hole in my heart, a hole in my head -- Megadeth -- Addicted to Chaos
Random turmoil builds in me -- Megadeth -- Addicted to Chaos
My icy fingers claw your back
Here I come again... -- Megadeth -- Sweating Bullets
But I'm the only one who'd walk across the fire for you
And I'm the only one who'd drown in my desire for you
It's only fear that makes you run,
The demons that you're hiding from
When all your promises are gone -- Melissa Ethridge -- I'm The Only
One
The higher you walk, the farther you fall
The longer the walk , the father you crawl. -- Metallica -- The House
Jack Built
Hot and cold, Blackened soul, A heart as hard as gold -- Metallica -- King Nothing
Excuse me while I tend to how I feel
These things return to me that still seem real -- Metallica -- Hero
of the Day
I need your arms to mother me
The cold storm's all I see -- Metallica -- Mama Said
Find me guilty when true guilt is from within -- Metallica -- The Thorn Within
(hear me) And if I close my mind in fear, please pry it open
(see me) And if my face becomes sincere, beware
(hold me) And if I start to come undone, stitch me together
(save me) And if you see me strut, remind me of what left this outlaw
torn -- Metallica -- Outlaw Torn
Now the world is gone, I'm just one -- Metallica -- One
No, there ain't no heroes here! -- Metallica -- Slither
Bury me deep when there's no will to be better than you -- Metallica -- Better Than You
So on I wait my whole lifetime for you -- Metallica -- Outlaw Torn
So take this world and shake it
Come squeeze and suck the day -- Metallica -- Carpe Diem, Baby
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Though he just wants right back out again -- Metallica -- Low man's
lyric
Throw all your bullets in the fire and stand there -- Metallica -- Attitude
Throw all your bullets in the fire... And run like hell! -- Metallica -- Attitude
Just when all seems fine and I'm pain free
You jab another pin in me
(No more pins in me!) -- Metallica -- Fixxxer
When a man lies, he murders some part of the world
These are the pale deaths which men miscall their own
All this I cannot bear to witness any longer
Cannot the Kingdom of Salvation take me home? -- Metallica -- To Live
is to Die
Birth of terror; Death of much more
I'm the slave of Fear, my captor
Never warnings; Spreading it's wings
As I wait for the horror she brings ...
Twisting under schizophrenia
Falling dep into dementia -- Metallica -- Frayed Ends of Sanity
Black heart scarring darker still -- Metallica -- Unforgiven II
You can do it your own way
If it's done just how I say -- Metallica -- Eye of the Beholder
(Pay no mind to the distant thunder)
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
Is just a freight train coming your way -- Metallica -- No Leaf Clover
Winter changed into Spring; Spring changed into Summer; Summer
changed back into Winter;
And Winter gave Spring and Summer a miss and went straight on into Autumn!
-- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!
... Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time! -- Monty Python
and the Holy Grail
Forever shall the wolf in me desire the sheep in you... -- Nightwish -- Beauty and the Beast
I wish for this night-time
to last for a lifetime
The darkness around me
Shores of a solar sea
Oh how I wish to go down with the sun
Sleeping
Weeping
With you -- Nightwish -- Sleeping sun
"If you read this line, remember not the hand that wrote
it
Remember only the verse, songmaker's cry, the one without tears
For I've given this its strength and it has become my only strength
Comforting home, mother's lap, chance for immortality
Where being wanted became a thrill I never knew" -- Nightwish --
Dead Boy's Poem
I live no more to shame nor me nor you
And you... I wish I didn't feel for you anymore..." -- Nightwish
-- Dead Boy's Poem
"From cradle to coffin
Shall my wickedness be your passion" -- Nightwish -- Devil &
the Deep Dark Ocean
And it feels like Heaven's so far away
And it seems, now, the world is so cold
Now that you've gone away -- Offspring -- Gone Away
When the truth walks away, everybody stays
'Cause the truth about the world is that crime does pay
So if you walk away, who is going to stay?
'Cause I'd like to think the world is a better place -- Offspring --
Have You Ever?
Why should I travel to the ends of the Earth
When you're right before my eyes, clear as day?
Why should I regret my day of birth
Every time you turn your head away? -- original -- On My Blood
I am the Gatekeeper, I am the Gate
The Lock and the Key and all of your Hate
The Judge, Jury, Hangman, your unnoticed Tears
And through all of your Love, I am your Fear -- original -- Fear
The mind is the best game to play! -- original -- Let it Get to You
Fear of failure, fear of capture
Angels in me flying higher
Tempting me to fear the rapture
Shouting louder, "Douse the Fire!"
Suicide and Homicide
The Demons in me walk the wire
Preach to me of Genocide
Screaming louder, "Feed the Fire!" -- original -- The Fire
Welcome to my eyes
This is what I see and feel
When the world around me dies
And I can't distinguish what is real
From what my mind creates
They all are beasts I can't control
Please save me from this fate
Look in my eyes and see the pathway to my soul -- original -- Into the
Night
"Last week, the birth of a baby in Sarajevo brought
the human population of Earth to six billion.
If you're "one in a million," there are now six thousand of
you." -- Ozzy and Millie Comic (D.C. Simpson) 10-19-99
I know some day you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky
But why can't it be mine? -- Pearl Jam -- Black
Wesley: Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while. -- The Princess Bride
Inigo: "Allo... My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!" -- The Princess Bride
Inigo: "Offer me everything I want!"
Rugen: "Anything, just name it!"
Inigo: (stabbing him) "I want my father back, you son of a bitch!"
-- The Princess Bride
Vizzini: Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on
the line!
Ah hahaha, ahha hahahaha, ah ha ha ha ... *THUNK* -- The Princess Bride
Buttercup: To think, all that time it was your cup that was
poisoned.
Wesley: They were both poisoned. I've spent the last few years building
up an immunity to iocane powder. -- The Princess Bride
I will be watching over you
I'm going to help you see it through
I will protect you in the night
I'm smiling next to you in silent lucidity -- Queensryche -- Silent
Lucidity
Lovin' you is a dirty job ... And I'm the man to do it! -- Ratt -- Lovin' You is a Dirty Job
Yesterday never happened, tomorrow will never come; we only live in today. -- Runt
If I said everything I thought, I would never shut up! -- Runt
The rules of art are meant to be broken; that is called creativity. -- Runt
It is better to be hanging by a thread than hanging by a noose. -- Runt
Don't think, just write! -- Runt
We gotta learn how to listen before we learn to talk
You gotta learn to crawl before you learn to walk
If you want a little peace, sometimes you gotta fight
You gotta walk through the darkness before you stand in the light --
Sammy Hagar -- Both Sides Now
I want to stand with you on a mountain
I want to bathe with you in the sea
I want to lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me -- Savage Garden -- Truly, Madly, Deeply
I knew I loved you before I met you -- Savage Garden -- I Knew I Loved You
I have seen you on the edge of dawn
Felt you here before you were born
Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns
But I don't think about you anymore -- Savatage -- Edge of Thorns
And the mind goes numb 'till it's feeling no pain
And the soul cries out for a handful of rain -- Savatage -- Handful
of Rain
Wash your women in your whiskey when your future's in the
past
And your staring up at Heaven from the bottom of a glass
And you need some insulation from the years you've had and lost
And you feel the persperation as you're adding up the cost -- Savatage
-- Handful of Rain
In the distance there's a thunder
And the air is thick and warm
And the patrons watch with wonder
The approaching of the storm -- Savatage -- Handful of Rain
Boy, you ain't seen nothing yet
It's a long train of regret
Puppets get no second chance
Pull that string, they gotta dance -- Savatage -- Taunting Cobras
See the people standing in a row
See them nodding like a field of grain
No one sees the sickle though
Coming 'cross the plain -- Savatage -- Chance
And this he knows, if nothing more
That waiting in the dark like destiny
Are those who kiss the dogs of war
And there is no tomorrow -- Savatage -- Chance
Kiss me beneath the millky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand; Strike up the band
And make the fireflies dance; Silver moon sparkling -- Sixpence None
the Richer -- Kiss Me
Here I am... will you send me an angel? -- Scorpions -- Send Me An Angel
Wise men say, "Just find your place
In the eye of the storm.
Seek a rose along the way,
Just beware of the thorns." -- Scorpions -- Send Me An Angel
Well, as far as I'm concerned, reality can go take a flying fuck at a rolling donut! -- Stephen King
I'm running down a dream
Never would come to me
Working on a mystery
Going wherever it leads -- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -- Running
Down a Dream
There's something good waiting down this road
I'm picking up whatever is mine -- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers --
Running Down a Dream
Johnny is a chemist's son, but Johnny is no more
What Johnny thought was H2O was H2SO4! -- Tourniquet -- Acid Head
Your take on life is what you've seen
What you've known, what you've dreamed
The way you live is who you are
Unique unto the morning star -- Tourniquet -- Your Take
It's the price we've gotta pay
And all the games we've got to play
Makes we wonder if it's worth it to carry on
It's a game we've got to lose
Though it's a life we've got to choose
And the price is our own life until it's gone -- Twisted Sister -- The
Price
Just follow me and you'll think that you're free
Now won't you come out and play? -- Twisted Sister -- Come Out And Play
You don't know where you're going 'till you get there --
old saying
You have to know where you're going to know when you get there. -- Vince
Porreca, Jr.
It's important to know what you know,
but it may be more important to know what you don't know. -- Vince Porecca,
Jr.
In order to be offended by what you say I'd have to care
about what you think.
Plus I'd have to think you know something about the subject, which I
don't. -- Vince Porecca, Jr.
No one is dumb enough to fail... however, some people are lazy enough. -- Vince Porecca, Jr.
You're all I need beside me, girl
You're all I need to turn my world
You're all I want inside my heart
You're all I need when we're apart -- White Lion -- You're All I Need
There is life even after a broken heart -- White Lion -- Broken Heart
Wait, wait, I never had a chance to love you -- White Lion -- Wait
Everything you know is wrong! -- Wierd Al -- Everything You Know is Wrong
When you softly call me name
It's like I'm listening to a squeaky chalk sound
And when you look at me in that special way
It's hard for me to keep my lunch down
And when you ask me what I'm thinking, honey,
Usually I'm thinking how I'd really like to tie your head
Completely up in duct tape so I wouldn't have to listen to you
Asking me those stupid questions over and over again! -- Wierd Al --
Sick of You
Merry Christmas to all, Now you're all gonna DIE! -- Wierd Al -- The Night Santa Went Crazy
I hate anything organic! -- Wierd Al -- I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead
When I'm with you I don't know
Whether I should study neurosurgery
Or go to see the Care Bears Movie -- Wierd Al -- You Make Me
Hey, do you remember when I broke in Larry's house
Late at night and tied his mouth with a rag?
Then I dragged him by his ankles to the middle of the forest
And stuffed him in a big plastic bag.
If the cops ever find him, who knows what they'd say
But I'm sure if ol' Lar were still with us today
He would have to agree with me, it was a pretty good gag! -- Weird Al
-- I Remember Larry
Ever since the day you left me, I've felt so miserable, my
dear
I feel almost as bad as I did when you were still here -- Weird Al --
Since You've Been Gone
I was driving down the freeway
With a rabid wolverine in my underwear when suddenly... -- Weird Al
-- Everything You Know Is Wrong
I can be my own best friend
And I can send myself for pizza -- Wierd Al -- I Think I'm a Clone Now
Virgo: (that's me - August 26th, 1976)
All Virgos are extremely friendly and intelligent
Except for YOU!
Expect a big surprise today
When you wind up with your head impaled upon a stick -- Wierd Al --
Your Horoscope For Today
Workin' three jobs just to stay in debt, now -- Wierd Al -- Alimony
Then I tied her to a chair and I shaved off all her hair
And I left her in the desert all alone
Oh, sometimes in my dreams I can still hear the screams
Oh, I wonder if she ever made it home -- Wierd Al -- Good Ol' Days
And he really makes a mighty fine jelly bean and pickle sandwich...
For what it's worth -- Weird Al -- The Weird Al Show Theme
I'll never forget the very first thing she said to me
She said, "Hey, you got weasels on your face!" -- Weird Al
-- Albuquerque
Mashed potatoes can be your friends -- Weird Al -- Dare to be Stupid
I'm just a no-good, scum-sucking, nose-picking, boot-licking,
sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime
Nothin' but a low-down, beer-bellied, bone-headed, pigeon-toed,
turkey-necked, weasel-faced, worthless hunk of slime
I guess I got a pretty low self image,
Maybe it's a chemical imbalance or something
I should probably go and see a doctor about it
When I've got the time -- Weird Al -- Generic Blues
They're gonna stomp us into jelly
And conquer the world
But you got to admit
They're really kinda cute! -- Weird Al -- Attack of the Radioactive
Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars
I know Darth Vader's really got you annoyed
But remember, if you kill him then you'll be unemployed -- Weird Al
-- Yoda
Niki Nana (We Are One) -- Yanni -- Niki Nana
Screw you guys, I'm going home! -- Cartman -- South Park
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