Last updated 5/28/04
Music
"You've got to trust your instinct, and let go of regret. You've got to bet on yourself now, star, cause that's your best bet." 311, All Mixed Up
"I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower, makes you talk a little lower, about the things you could not show her. And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe, maybe this year will be better than the last. I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself to hold on to these moments as they pass." Counting Crows, A Long December
"So make the best of this test, and don't ask why. It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time. It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right. I hope you had the time of your life." Green Day, Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
"Would you choose water over wine, hold the wheel and drive?" Incubus, Drive
"Run up the hill do as you do I'm gonna chill you know you really oughta do the same." 311, 1,2,3
"Fuck the naysayers cause they don't mean a thing." 311, All Mixed Up
"Nothing good comes easily, sometimes you've got to fight." 311, Amber
"A harsh word, a white lie, easy to mistake." 311, Crack the Code
"Sometimes I need reminding, regret is so blinding, but like I told her don't dwell." 311, Don't Dwell
"Nobody knows just why, most everyone will lie if they need to." 311, Eons
"If you don't have someone to do it with, it's not worth doing." 311, Freak Out
"I think about you much more than I should..." 311, Give Me A Call
"All of your heroes speak nothing to me, one emotion one tempo and no real feeling." 311, Hostile Apostle
"Got more funky styles than my laser jet got fonts." 311, Omaha Stylee
"Where you know the radio's weak and the shows are more fun." 311, Omaha Stylee
"I choose a rocky ass path but that's how I like it." 311, Plain
"Trapped in material plane, she wants to fly and they think she's insane but, she knows what she know... give that girl wings and that's all that she wrote." 311, Prisoner
"Rebellion done for its own sake, does not a true free thinker make. To go against for its own sake, you're still controlled by the course that the other man takes." 311, Reconsider Everything
"The jaded ones will wither while we optimistic grow." 311, Six
"I am a music lover, yet somehow I get paid. This song would still exist if no money was made. That's the difference; I summed it up in a sentence." 311, Starshines
"Today my love, we shall let the world slide, for we will never be younger again." 311, Today My Love
"Yeah there's a hole in my soul but one thing I've learned; for every love letter written, there's another one burned." Aerosmith, Hole In My Soul
"Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up; these are the best days of our lives." the Ataris, In This Diary
"Drove downtown in the rain, 9:30 on a tuesday night, just to check out the late-night record shop. Call it impulsive, call it compulsive, call it insane; but when I'm surrounded I just can't stop." Barenaked Ladies, Brian Wilson
"Anyone perfect must be lying." Barenaked Ladies, Falling for the First Time
"How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad?" Barenaked Ladies, One Week
"It's like a dream you try to remember but it's gone, then you try to scream but it only comes out as a yawn, when you try to see the world beyond your front door." Barenaked Ladies, Pinch Me
"I wanted to write music that helps and heals, because I believe that music is God's voice." Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys
"Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up in the morning when the day is new, and after having spent the day together, hold each other close the whole night through... happy times together we'd be spending, I wish that every kiss was never-ending, oh wouldn't it be nice..." the Beach Boys, Wouldn't It Be Nice
"I'd love to turn you on." the Beatles, A Day In The Life
"I've got to admit it's getting better, a little better all the time." the Beatles, Getting Better
"You know that it's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder." the Beatles, Hey Jude
"Somewhere in her smile she knows, that I don't need no other lover. Something in her style that shows me, don't want to leave her now, you know I believe, and how." the Beatles, Something
"I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's today, yeah; the girl that's driving me mad is going away. She's got a ticket to ride, but she don't care." the Beatles, Ticket to Ride
"When you've seen beyond yourself then you may find, peace of mind, is waiting there." the Beatles, Within You Without You
"And it's happened once again, I'll turn to a friend, someone that understands, sees through the master plan. But everybody's gone, and I've been here for too long to face this on my own, well I guess this is growing up." Blink 182, Dammit
"I'll see you at the crossroads, so you won't be lonely..." Bone Thugs N Harmony, Crossroads
"As soon as you're born you start dying, so you might as well have a good time." Cake, Sheep Go To Heaven
"You can stop the world, but you won't change me I need music, to set me free, to let me bleed." Cold, Bleed
"And all at once you look across a crowded room to see the way that light attaches to a girl." Counting Crows, A Long December
"I can't remember the last thing that you said as you were leaving, oh the days go by so fast." Counting Crows, A Long December
"My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me, so won't you kill me, so I die happy." Dashboard Confessional, Hands Down
"I will go in this way, and find my own way out." Dave Matthews Band, #41
"Oh I watch you there through the window and I stare at you wear nothing but you wear it so well. Tied up and twisted, the way I'd like to be, for you, for me, come crash into me." Dave Matthews Band, Crash Into Me
"Nine planets around the sun, only one does the sun embrace. Upon this watered one, so much do we take for granted. So let us sleep outside tonight, lay down in our mother's arms, for here we can rest safely." Dave Matthews Band, One Sweet World
"Stay up and make some memories here with us now." Dave Matthews Band, So Right
"Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die." Dave Matthews Band, Tripping Billies (or from the Bible maybe...?)
"Rushing around seems what's wrong with the world." Dave Matthews Band, You Never Know
"If we were walking down a dead-end street, would you be the one to let our eyes meet? Or would you just keep on walking down to the turn-around? Cause you know I'd be proud if you'd call my name out loud." Dispatch, Out Loud
"Do you believe in rock and roll, can music save your mortal soul?" Don McLean, American Pie
"Smiling just to see the smile upon your face." Edwin McCain, I Could Not Ask For More
"These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive. And these are the moments I'll remember all my life. I've found all I've waited for, and I could not ask for more." Edwin McCain, I Could Not Ask For More
"That's why we sing for these kids who don't have a thing, except for a dream, and a fuckin rap magazine, who post pin-up pictures on their walls all day long, idolize their favorite rappers and know all their songs. Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in their lives, till they sit and they cry at night, wishin' they'd die. Till they throw on a rap record and they sit and they vibe. We're nothin' to you but we're the fuckin' shit in their eyes. That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it, cuz we consider these minutes golden. And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone, just let our spirits live on, through our lyrics that you hear in our songs." Eminem, Sing For The Moment
"I'm like a head trip to listen to, cause I'm only giving you things you joke about with your friends inside your living room. The only difference is I got the balls to say it in fronta y'all and I don't gotta be false or sugar-coated at all." Eminem, The Real Slim Shady
"It may sound absurd but don't be naive, even heroes have the right to bleed. I may be disturbed but won't you concede, even heroes have the right to dream; it's not easy to be me." Five for Fighting, Superman
"And I wonder, when I sing along with you, if everything could ever feel this real forever, if anything could ever be this good again. The only thing I'll ever ask of you, you've got to promise not to stop when I say when." Foo Fighters, Everlong
"Dreams are like fish, you gots to keep on reeling." G. Love & Special Sauce, Dreamin'
"Keep your mouth closed and your eyes open wide..." G. Love & Special Sauce, Numbers
"Scars are souvenirs you never lose; the past is never far... don't it make you sad to know that life is more than who we are?" Goo Goo Dolls, Name
"I've got some scattered pictures lying on my bedroom floor, reminds me of the times we shared, makes me wish that you were here." Green Day, Scattered
"Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you? Are you feeling like a social tool without a use?" Green Day, She
"She's figured out all her doubts were someone else's point of view; waking up this time to smash the silence with the brick of self control." Green Day, She
"Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there, with open arms and open eyes, yeah." Incubus, Drive
"You have only been gone ten days, but already I'm wasting away. I know I'll see you again, whether far or soon, but I need you to know that I care, and I miss you." Incubus, I Miss You
"Pardon me while I burst into flames, I've had enough of this world and it's people's mindless games." Incubus, Pardon Me
"Maybe it's me, but this line isn't going anywhere; maybe if we looked hard enough, we could find a back door." Incubus, Privilege
"She called out a warning, don't ever let life pass you by." Incubus, Warning
"When I'm sad, she comes to me, with a thousand smiles she gives to me free." Jimi Hendrix, Little Wing
"There's a lifetime in the guitar, and I'm still in the first grade." John Mayer
"Here I stand, six feet small, and smiling cause I'm scared as hell." John Mayer, 83
"My stupid mouth has got me in trouble, I said too much again." John Mayer, My Stupid Mouth
"I never lived the dream of the prom kings and the drama queens, I'd like to think the best of me is still hiding up my sleeve. They love to tell you stay inside the lines, but something's better on the other side." John Mayer, No Such Thing
"When it comes to December, it's obvious why no one wants to be alone at Christmas time." John Mayer, St. Patrick's Day
"Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you'd bring me up in conversation forever and when it rained, I'd be the talk of the day. Sometimes I wish that I was a cold beer, I'd rest assured that you would hold me near, I'd be guaranteed to be just what you need." John Mayer, Sucker
"Heyhey mama, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove." Led Zeppelin, Black Dog
"When you lose a part of yourself to somebody you know, it takes a lot to let go. Every breath that you remember; pictures fade away, but memories are forever." New Found Glory, Sonny
"I'm sick of clapping, when I know I could do it better for myself." New Found Glory, Understatement
"He's the one who likes all the pretty songs, and he likes to sing along, and he likes to shoot his gun, but he knows not what it means." Nirvana, In Bloom
"I found it hard, it was hard to find, oh well, whatever, nevermind." Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit
"When no substance can control you, you done conquered that fool; when that alcohol can not own you, you done conquered that fool." O.A.R., Conquering Fools
"So Sally can wait, she knows it's too late as she's walking on by. Her soul slides away, but don't look back in anger I heard you say." Oasis, Don't Look Back In Anger
"Maybe you're the same as me, we see things they'll never see. You and I are gonna live forever." Oasis, Live Forever
"Someone slipped on a cassette as the one you wanted left with someone else but somehow it was cool because as the music filled the shadows, you heard a sound that was a million miles away from fakery and a step away from your heart." Oasis, What's The Story Morning Glory (liner notes)
"So back off your rules, back off your jive cause I'm sick of not living to stay alive. Leave me alone, not asking a lot just don't want to be controlled, that's all I want." the Offspring, All I Want
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the disclaimer. That's right, the disclaimer. This American apple pie institution known as parental discretion will cleanse any sense of innuendo or sarcasm from the lyrics which might actually make you think, and will also insult your intelligence at the same time. So, protect your family. This album contains explicit depictions of things which are real. These real things are commonly known as life. So, if it sounds sarcastic, don't take it seriously. If it sounds dangerous, do not try this at home or at all. And if it offends you, just don't listen to it." the Offspring, Disclaimer
"You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find ten years have got behind you, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun. And you run and you run to catch up to the sun but it's sinking, and racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in the relative way but you're older, and shorter of breath, and one day closer to death." Pink Floyd, Time
"How I wish, how I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year, running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here." Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here
"Radio plays what they want you to hear." Reel Big Fish, Sell Out
"You say that money isn't everything, but I'd like to see you live without it." Silverchair, Tomorrow
"I'd do anything just to hold you in my arms, to try to make you laugh, cause somehow I can't put you in the past. I'd do anything just to fall asleep with you. Will you remember me, cause I know I won't forget you." Simple Plan, I'd Do Anything
"Put away the crack before the crack puts you away." Smashmouth, Walking on the Sun
"I don't want to waste my time, become another casualty of society. I'll never fall in line, become another victim of your conformities and back down." Sum 41, Fat Lip
"I really don't mind what happens now and then as long as you'll be my friend at the end." Three Doors Down, Kryptonite
"I'm too alone to be proud." Tom Petty, You Don't Know How It Feels
"It's always times like these when I think of you and wonder if you ever think of me." Vanessa Carlton, A Thousand Miles
"It's a bittersweet symphony this life... try to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die." the Verve, Bittersweet Symphony
"I want a girl who laughs for no one else." Weezer, No One Else
Movies
"They don't even know what it is to be a fan... to truly love some silly little piece of music, or some band, so much that it hurts." Almost Famous
"God bless the internet." American Pie
"Whoever tells you money is the root of all evil, doesn't fucking have any." Boiler Room
"There's nothing more exhilarating than pointing out the shortcomings of others, is there?" Clerks
"This job would be great if it weren't for the fucking customers." Clerks
"What you can't have, you can't resist." Cruel Intentions
"You're either incredibly smart, or incredibly stupid." Enemy of the State
"Sometimes I guess there just aren't enough rocks." Forrest Gump
"Do you like apples? Well I got her number. How d'ya like dem apples?" Good Will Hunting
"I love the smell of commerce in the morning!" Mallrats
"You know guns don't kill people, stupid motherfuckers with guns kill people." Money Talks
"It's supposed to be a challenge. That's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy, it would just be the way." Road Trip
"You can't lose what you don't put in the middle, but then again you can't win much either." Rounders
"You're the dumbest smart kid I know." Varsity Blues
General
"Non-flammable is not a challenge." Bart Simpson, writing on the chalkboard
"He reminds me of you because you have the same name." Crystal P.
"My sources tell me that you combine arrogance with trivia and try to pass it off as intelligence." Dogbert
"If he's so smart, how come he's dead?" Homer Simpson
"Three sentences that will get you through life: Cover for me. Oh, good idea boss! It was like that when I got here." Homer Simpson
"Tennis bag by day, drinking bag by night." Matt G.
"Wow, everyone sucks but us." Matt G.
"A minute to learn, a lifetime to master." Othello (board game)
"People, I am not a beggar. I am a professional... beggar." Professional Beggar, Boston 2000
"You see Eric, women are ... what's the word I'm looking for ... crazy." Red Foreman, That 70's Show
"You know what I hate about skiing? Nothing." Scott J.
"One shall pass." Sparknotes.com
"Booyah!" Stuart Scott, ESPN
"Baseball is dull only to those with dull minds." Unknown
"If brute force doesn't work, you're not using enough." Unknown
"Let's not make fun of the Canadians until we've walked a kilometer in their moccassins, eh?" Unknown
"Procrastination is like masturbation: it feels good until you realize you've screwed yourself and you've got a big mess to clean up." Unknown
Literature
"Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." George Orwell, 1984
"Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody." Holden Caulfield, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
"Things without all remedy should be without regard. What's done is done." Lady Macbeth, Act III scene ii of Macbeth by William Shakespeare
"Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day." Macbeth, Act I scene iii of Macbeth by William Shakespeare
"The air is alive with chatter and laughter and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the spot and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other's names." Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Yet knowing how way leads on to way, / I doubted if I should ever come back. / I shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence: / Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference." The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
"Take it in what sense thou wilt." Sampson, Act I scene i of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
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