
Shock The Monkey
Song lyrics, Peter Gabriel (IV), Security (1982)
Source: The Hunger Angel (2012), p. 61
Shock The Monkey
Song lyrics, Peter Gabriel (IV), Security (1982)
“I think the most un-American thing you can say is, “You can't say that.””
As quoted in The Nastiest Things Ever Said About Democrats (2006) by Martin Higgins, p. 171, and The Nastiest Things Ever Said About Republicans (2006) by Martin Higgins, p. 204
Source: Player Piano (1952), Chapter 9 (p. 86)
Context: "You think I'm insane?" said Finnerty. Apparently he wanted more of a reaction than Paul had given him.
"You're still in touch. I guess that's the test."
"Barely — barely."
"A psychiatrist could help. There's a good man in Albany."
Finnerty shook his head. "He'd pull me back into the center, and I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center." He nodded, "Big, undreamed-of things — the people on the edge see them first."
“You say you’re? Sure that you’re in love? How can you know it? You think love is so simple?”
Source: Never Let Me Go
“If you think you can you can, if you think you can't you're right!”
“If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right.”
Variant: If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can not, you are right.
“Whatever you do, make sure that you have those things that money can't buy”
“Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.”
Source: Incantation