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One thing that's been a constant in my signatures over the past little while are the letters TBFTGOGGI. It's meant as my little sanity check, whenever I see them. The phrase is: There, but for the grace of God, go I. A reminder to never take things for granted.
"I watch the world go round and round,
And I see mine turning upside down."
- Genesis, Throwing It All Away
"I'm not a Chinese Hippie -- I'm an ethnic minority needing a
good haircut!"
"I've been thinking about it, and I know what I want for my birthday.
I want the answers to the questions that haunt me."
"Asking all kinds of questions to myself --
But never finding the answers. "
- Genesis, In Too Deep
"They swept away all the streamers after the Labour Day Parade,
Nothing left for a dreamer now, just one final serenade."
- Billy Joel, Famous Last Words
"I see the children, with their boredom and their vacant stares,
God help us all if we're to blame for their unanswered prayers."
- Billy Joel, No Man's Land
"Memories of those I've left behind, still ringing in my ears."
- Genesis, Driving the Last Spike
"Take a fool's advice, and take care of your own,
Cause one day they're here, the next day they're gone."
- Don Henley, New York Minute
"I can hear your laugh, coming from your photograph...
Funny how a look can share a thousand meanings. "
- Toto, (Can't) Stop Loving You
"It's not enough just to stand and stare,
Is it only a dream that there'll be no more turning away?"
Pink Floyd, On the Turning Away
"Therefore, be at peace with God, however you conceive Him to be, and
whatever your labours and aspirations, keep peace with your soul."
- Desiderata
"I've made my bed, I'll lie in it, to die in it's the crime..."
Bon Jovi, Dry County
"I know that through it all, the hardest part of love is letting go;
But there's a greater love that holds us..."
Michael W. Smith, Pray for Me
"Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies,
Tounge-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I"
Pink Floyd, Learning to Fly
"Superman never made any money savin' the world from Solomon Grundy,
And sometimes I despair, the world will never see another man, like him."
Crash Test Dummies, Superman's Song
"Turn my face to the sun, I close my eyes, and let my defences down,
All those wounds that I can't get unwound."
Rush, Time Stand Still
"No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears; Why can't we learn
from all we've been through after two thousand years?"
Billy Joel, Two Thousand Years
"Images of sorrow, pictures of delight
Things that make up a life."
Genesis, Home by the Sea
"Well I'm living here in Allentown; and it's hard to keep a good man down,
But I won't be getting up today..."
Billy Joel, Allentown
"They say it's better to have loved and lost then never have loved at all."
"Oh yeah? Try it."
Will Smith & Tommy Lee Jones in the movie Men in Black
"He said 'You look different somehow.'"
"I said 'Everybody has to leave the darkness sometime.'"
Sting, I'm so Happy, I Can't Stop Crying
"The road to love is littered by the bones of other ones
Who by the magic of a moment were mysteriously undone."
Gordon Lightfoot, Race Among the Ruins
"Turned away from it all, like a blind man.
Sat on a fence, but it don't work.
Keep coming up with love, but it's so slashed and torn,
Why, why, why?"
Queen and David Bowie, Under Pressure
"Though we share this humble path, alone; How fragile is the heart;
Oh give these clay feet wings to fly; To touch the face of the stars."
Loreena McKennitt, Dante's Prayer
"The woods are lovely, dark, and deep; But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep. "
Robert Frost, Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
"If you can't face the face in the mirror, who are you?"
Bernadette Peters, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance
"There's a place I believe in, partly truth and partly fiction.
I can say, with conviction, I'll get there, I'll get there."
David Wilcox, Between the Lines
"You broke the boy in me, but you won't break the man."
John Parr, Man in Motion
"Sitting on the side, waiting for a sign, hoping my Luck will change.
Reaching for a hand that can understand, someone who feels the same."
Hanson, Weird
"Things my heart used to know, things it yearns to remember..."
Anastasia Motion Picture Soundtrack, Once Upon a December
"It's worse than that, it's Physics Jim!"
The Firm, Star Trekkin'
"And we will raise our hands, and we will touch the sky;
Together we will dance in robes of gold;
And we will leave the world remembering when we were kings..."
Brian McKnight/Diana King, When We Were Kings
"And like a blessing come from heaven,
For something like a second,
I was cured, and my heart was at ease..."
Billy Joel, Light As The Breeze
"And we could feel the heat of a thousand voices,
Telling us which way to go.
And cried out is there no escape from the words that plague me so?"
Sarah McLachlan, Drawn To The Rhythm
"There's a tug of war between what I can and can't feel
The inevitable compromise determines the real..."
Blues Traveller, Battle of Someone
"This song is the cross that I bear..."
Barenaked Ladies, What a Good Boy
"If only for a beautiful while that still makes me smile..."
Blues Traveller, Canadian Rose
"Under our current system of courtship, men do most of the date-asking,
and women get to squish men's fragile egos like Fudgsicles on a
Los Angeles freeway."
Scott Adams
"I remember those long lonely days, when it seems I did not have a friend
All I needed was a little faith to catch my breath and face the world again"
Billy Joel, You're Only Human (Second Wind)
"Hear me call across the waves; if I don't come home tonight,
I will make it home someday..."
Paul Gross and Dave Keeley, 32 Down on the Robert Mackensie
"Only for a moment, Did life make him whole
And while he was, he thought he was invincible."
Matthew Sweet, Smog Moon
"They say this highway is goin' my way,
But I don't know where it's takin' me."
Billy Joel, Running on Ice
"Listening to you, I get the music; gazing at you, I get the heat.
Following you, I climb the mountain, I get excitement at your feet!"
The Who's Tommy, Listening to You
"Will I lose my diginity? Will someone care? Will I wake tomorrow, from
this nightmare?"
"There's only now, there's only here, give in to love, or live in fear.
No other road, no other way, no day but today."
"I don't own emotion; I rent."
Johnathan Larson -- RENT
"Be yourself, no matter what they say."
Sting, Englishman In New York
"And it's one more day up in the canyons,
And it's one more night in Hollywood,
If you think that I could be forgiven... I wish you would."
Counting Crows, A Long December
"Flying away, on a wing and a prayer, who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me."
Joey Scarbury, Theme from 'Greatest American Hero'
"Who loves? What is love? Standing in the rain,
When your face paint becomes war paint you can never rub it off again"
Captain Tractor, 40 Miles of Pain
"I feel so extraordinary, something's got a hold on me,
I get this feeling I'm in motion, a certain sense of liberty."
New Order, True Faith
"...for man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion."
Shakespeare, Act V, Scene IV, Much Ado About Nothing
"There once was pretty good nation, Pretty proud of the greatness it had,
Which learned much too late, If you want to be great,
Pretty good is, in fact, pretty bad."
Charles Osgood, Pretty Good
"In this beautiful life, there's always some sorrow..."
Great Big Sea, Ordinary Day
"I wish I could fly, From this building, From this wall,
And if I should try, Would you catch me If I fall?"
Barenaked Ladies, When I Fall
"Call it impulsive, call it compulsive, call it insane..."
Barenaked Ladies, Brian Wilson
"So I'm lying here, just staring at the ceiling tiles,
and I'm thinking about, what to think about..."
Barenaked Ladies, Brian Wilson
"Just another fallen angel, trying to get through the night..."
Huey Lewis and the News, Jacob's Ladder
"Oh no, I can't stop falling... my heart betrays me..."
Great Big Sea, Can't Stop Falling
"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask 'Why me?' Then a voice
answers, 'Nothing personal. Your name just happened to come up.' "
Charles Schultz
"When even hope fails, there is always duty."
"Now I'm wondering, where does true love begin?"
Huey Lewis and the News, Do You Believe in Love?
"I could really use, to lose my Catholic conscience.
Cuz I'm getting sick of feeling guilty all the time"
Great Big Sea, Consequence Free
"And I know love will bring us back around, again."
Michael W. Smith, Pray For Me
"I was feeling part of the scenery, I walked right out of the machinery,
My heart going boom boom boom..."
"So I went from day to day, though my life was in a rut
Till I thought of what I'd say, which connection I should cut..."
"Today I don't need a replacement, I'll tell them what the
smile on my face meant, my heart going boom boom boom..."
Peter Gabriel, Solsbury Hill
"The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size
of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming
task in full humility."
Edsger Dijkstra 1972
"I dream of rain, I dream of gardens in the desert sand,
I wake in pain, I dream of love as time runs through my hand"
Sting, Desert Rose
"There's gonna be a happy ending, but that's only the beginning,
This ain't no fairy tale... it's true, it's real, it's you."
Jim's Big Ego, Prince Charming
"Don't give up on your faith; love comes to those who believe it.
And that's the way it is."
Celine Dion, That's the Way It Is
"Life's not long, so I hope when I'm dead and gone,
Won't you gather 'round? When I am lowered into the ground..."
Crash Test Dummies, At My Funeral
"Here's a very serious song, the deep philosophical undertones
I'm sure will not be lost on any of you...It, like all profound
songs, is a polka."
Jewel, The Cold Song
"So when you find somebody to keep, think of me and celebrate,
I made such a big mistake when I was Mary's Prayer."
Danny Wilson, Mary's Prayer
"Tell me what I'm doing here! That's all I ask!!
Just tell me what I'm doing here!!"
Rerun Van Pelt, From the Comic Peanuts
"If a man wants to be of the greatest possible value to his fellow
creatures, let him begin the long, solitary task of perfecting himself."
Robertson Davies
"I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing I've become."
Toto, Africa
"It's great to be known, but it's better to be known as strange."
Attributed to Chairman Kaga Takeshi, Gourmet Academy
"Say you'll love me forever, never stop never whatever,
Near and far and always and everywhere and everything."
Donna Lewis, I Love You Always Forever
I think, it's getting to the point where I can be myself again.
Barenaked Ladies, Call and Answer
"Don't care what people say, Just follow your own way,
Don't give up and use the chance, To return to innocence."
Enigma, Return to Innocence
"Up, up and away, away from me -- It's alright...
You can all sleep sound tonight, I'm not crazy... or anything..."
Five for Fighting, Superman (It's Not Easy)
"Naming your dissections makes it a much more personal experience."
Malgorzata Kaminska
"Life is waiting for you, so messed up, but we're alive
Life is waiting for you, it's all messed up, but we'll survive."
Our Lady Peace, Life
"Every now and then I fall apart."
Bonnie Tyler, Total Eclipse of the Heart
"If you find somebody to love,
You better hang on, tooth and nail,
The wolf is always at the door."
Don Henley, New York Minute
"And I can't help but ask myself how much I'll let the fear take the wheel and steer.
It's driven me before, and it seems to have a vague, haunting mass appeal.
But lately I am beginning to find that I should be the one behind the wheel."
Incubus, Drive
"There'a difference between following Jesus and stalking Him."
Dennis Miller
"Time is a wheel in constant motion, always rolling us along.
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder,
Where those years have gone."
Lee Ann Womack, I Hope You Dance
"There've been times; I'm so confused
All my roads; they lead to you
I just can't turn and walk away."
Sister Hazel, All For You
"Oh but I'm scared; one touch of your cold lips, I will join you there.
But, I don't care -- this is a risk, this is a risk, this is a kiss..."
John Wesley Harding, Sleeper Awake
"The snow is coming down, on our New England town
And it's been falling all day long
What else is new? What can I do?
But sing this Valley Winter Song, I wrote for you"
Fountains of Wayne, Valley Winter Song
"Wake me, let me see the daylight,
save me from this half-life;
Let's you and I escape, escape from time..."
Duncan Sheik, Half-Life
"When the day goes down on the Water town,
When the sun sinks low all around,
That's when I know I need you now,
You're what I miss, Every little kiss."
Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Every Little Kiss
"My heart has been worn, but it ain't broke,
It may hiccup and cough black smoke;
It may seem old, but it still runs,
Yeah my love has laces that won't come undone..."
Jason Plumb, Satellite
"There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be
offered: entertainment, food, and affection. It is customary to begin
a series of dates with a great deal of entertainment, a moderate amount
of food, and the merest suggestion of affection. As the amount of
affection increases, the entertainment can be reduced proportionately.
When the affection IS the entertainment, we no longer call it dating.
Under no circumstances can the food be omitted. "
-- Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people without the balls to live in the
real world."
-- Mary Shafer Ilif, NASA
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Taken from Ulysses , by Sir Alfred Lord Tennyson
Someday I pray, there will come I day
When I can open up my heart and love again
Til then I'll get by.
-- Eddie Money, I'll Get By
I believe I've passed the age, of consciousness and righteous rage,
I've found that just surviving is a noble fight.
I once believed in causes too, I had my pointless point of view,
And life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
-- Billy Joel, Angry Young Man
Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
Why can't we give love give love give love?
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
How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad?
Tryin' hard not to smile though I feel bad
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean?
You soon will.
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve.
I have a history of losing my shirt...
-- Barenaked Ladies, One Week