Brandon Boyd citations

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“Sometimes I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear.”

“If I met you in a scissor fight, I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone.”

“Forgive my indecision. I am only a man.”

“I'm keeping an eye on the future, an eye on the past, and the present in my pocket.”

“This island isn't big enough for both of us…so who will swim in eel-infested oceans?”

“Wait, there is a light, there is a fire, illuminated attic. Fate or something better, I could care less, Just stay with me a while”

“Put down your hollow tips,
And kiss your lover's lips,
And know that fate is what we make of it.”

“Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited to melody. Men have this barky thing-we're domesticated apes with a microphone.”

“I wouldn't change a thing now that you're here.”

“I was on an airplane last year when a talk show began playing on the TVs. I decided to start narrating for the people, which is a really great game if you're ever bored enough. I realized a time will probably come when television will watch us if we're watching it, if that hasn't already happened, figuratively or literally. It sounded like some sort of pseudo-Big Brother nightmare, so I wrote it down.”

“On the surface you hate, but you know you need me.”

“If I forgot some stuff, please excuse me; I ate the brown acid at Woodstock '69 and can scarcely remember my own name.”

“If this is right, I'd rather be wrong. If this is sight, I'd rather be blind.”

“We don't know much about him. We do know that he came from a sperm meeting an egg. Actually, his name is Charles Mulholland. We don't know what he does, but he sure looks like he knows something.”

“You're so much more endearing with the sound turned off.”

“If I turn into another,
Dig me up from under what is covering the better part of me.
Sing this song.
Remind me that we'll always have each other
When everything else is gone.”

“To think that one's actions could please the masses is indeed a notion bound in irony; someone will inevitably find something wrong in almost everything. So do what it is that you do best and remember to have enough tolerance for two.”

“On the back of every right, there's a wrong looming.”

“To get their attention, start lobbing the light grenades (That burst and blind them with the truth! An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!)”

“Seeing you is like pulling teeth, and hearing your voice is like chewing tin foil!”

“Consequence, you'll see, will be stranger than a gang of drunken mimes.”

“When I drive myself, my light is found.”

“If you're looking for an open book - Look no further, I am yours.”

“Temporaryism has been the Black Plague and the Jesus of our age.”

“I'm not an alarmist, but someone should break the glass, and pull that red T-Lever down!”

“I need a map of your head, translated into English, so I can learn to not make you frown.”

“Get out from under precipice and see the sky.”

“I marvel at the stars, and feel my heart overflow.”

“I lean against the wind, pretend that I am weightless, and in this moment I am happy.”