"Time waited on her shoulder with the manic sloth it reserves for children, the insane and wives whose husbands are away improving the world."

--Brian Aldiss, "Supertoys Last All Summer Long"

"You're scheming on a thing that's a mirage--
I'm trying to tell you now it's sabotage."

--Beastie Boys, "Sabotage"

"Jungle rhythm in the DNA,
Disco in the gene pool,
But I've put my dancing shoes away."

--Long Fin Killie, "Kismet"

"He was so ignorant. He gave her a shotgun for Christmas. He gave a women who was five months pregnant and who he was cheating on a shotgun. And the most amazing part was he gave her the shells to go with it! I wish I were that ignorant. It would be bliss!"

--vending machine lady

"Here's hoping there's a method to your madness, baby.
I might just understand if you obey me."

--Elastica, "Hold Me Now"

“People who can endure bamboo slivers under the fingernails
begin to weaken after ten minutes of doorbell ringing.”

--Robert B. Parker, The Godwulf Manuscript

"It's a balancing act
And I can't balance
And I can't act too well,
Apparently."

--Volcano Suns, "Balancing Act"