while you wait on the answers / that I’ll pretend to find / keeping up with emotions / still occupies our time / you could hope for substance / as long as you like / or just wait out the evening / and always ask me why / yes you’ll always ask me why
—Grizzly Bear - While You Wait for the Others
So there are some things that sound easy, but you might as well send somebody a get-well card because they don’t have any more impact, except maybe they make you feel good for the moment — maybe a get-well card might be more effective as a matter of fact, because it’s sincere.
—Nancy Pelosi, in reference to scaling back the health care bill
But independent experts have analyzed the major health care proposals in Congress, and their findings indicate Mr. Obama had the facts on his side…
Dear God please let me get some more drugs by Friday.
—Luke Cafferty, Friday Night Lights
Lars is the guy she met at the gym with Brad Pitt’s face and Jesus’ abs.
—(500) Days of Summer
There’s so many people I’d like to work with still, but I’d like to maybe go outside of the box. My sister [Solange] has put me on to bands like Of Montreal and some other different types of artists. I would love to do something like that on my next album.
Ummm… Things I want? Robot dog. Night-vision goggles. Bug vacuum. GPS Watch. Speakers that look like rocks… Oh! Yogurt maker! I can’t not think of things I want.
—Phil Dunphy, Modern Family
But, you know, we did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush’s term. I hope they’re not looking at this politically.
—Dana Perino
In this paradise, no one needs an alarm clock. Rather, each day at 5 a.m., in cities and rural areas, residents awake to patriotic music blaring through speakers, followed by a woman’s haunting voice urging people to work hard, thereby enhancing the beauty and greatness of their society. And, of course, honoring “The Eternal President of the Republic,” Kim Il Sung, and his son, Gen. Kim Jong Il, the current leader.
I asked you to find an actor from middle America, a real person. You’re not going to find him in the People’s Gaypublic of Drugafornia.
—Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock.
