Oooh, good idea! *gets pencil out*

 

Those are some grand quotes!


here are some more sweet ones:

11. #1+ We're connected, connected.
12. I want out of this machine, it doesn't feel like freedom
13. Are you really as tough as you think - You blink and you’re over the brink - You bleed but you’re blood runs pink - With dirty second hands, dirty second hands
(I know it's "too long," but this is the only one of it's kind, I promise. and you'd be surprised what you can fit on a grain of rice, or t-shirt...)
14. Man-made never made our dreams collide
15. Everyone I know - needs love like drugs
16. "You've One Life, You've One Life, You've One Life Left to Lead..."
17. In this life I’ve been burning after more - We both know what these open arms are for
18. Every lament is a love song
19. Souls aren't built of stone - Souls aren't built of stone, sticks, and bones
20. absolutely you're "#9"
(yeah, it deserves two numbers!)

and now, from BEST to:
"OTHER"

-1. There's fracture in the color bar
-2. Red, white, blue, and green
-3. The old clock is a thief
-4. In Circles - In Circles - In Circles - In Circles - In Circles
-5. Driving home on the 805
-6. We don’t know what we’re doing
-7. "[...] I know your name. [...]"
-8. But you’re running the wrong way
-9. You’re waiting tables and parking cars
-10. *harmonica*


(oh, and SF is my favorite band, don't let the latter list imply otherwise. thanks.)

 

*hero band

to clarify

yeah, same dude here

sorry

and thank you!

 

phil, i liked several of yours, but in my opinion, they would be more effective shorter. so, i've included a couple that you've referred to, but shortened them for my own pleasure! :) (also, does the EP count? that could possibly have some of the best quotes in it. i'm including it. though, come to think of it, not everyone has access to it. oh well, still including it.)

1. you're running the wrong way.
2. there's still fire in you yet.
3. the hype won't get you through.
4. i wanna wake up kicking and screaming!
5. where would you find yourself without love?
6. let's abandon this darkness.
7. we don't know what we're doing.
[reverse: let's do it again]
8. let your love be strong.
9. am i on purpose?
10. life begins at the intersection.

and then, this one is fun: :)
1. i am the beater of the dead horse.

 

In no particular order:

1. When success is equated with excess the ambition for excess wrecks us.

2. Souls aren't made of stone, sticks, and bones!

3. We don't know what we're doing - let's do it again!

4. Don't believe that there's nothing that's true! Don't believe in this modern machine!

5. Maybe we've been caught singing red, white, blue, and green...

6. You bleed but the blood runs pink.

7. Here we are now with the desperate youth and pain - we're awakening!

8. The future is a question mark of kerosene and electric sparks.

9. Life begins at the intersection!

10. Let your love be strong and I don't care what goes down.

 

1. We've All Got A Disease, Deficiency Of Love
2. In The Back Room Of The Pentagon, There's A Thin Man With A Line Drawn
3. The Blind Leading The Lied To
4. You're Everything That's Fair In Love and War
5. Soul Aren't Made of Stone, Sticks and Bones.
6. Is It True, Would You Do What I Want You To If I Show Up With The Right Amount of Bling?
7. Head Over Here and Take Me.
8. Train The Monkies On My Back To Fight.
9. You Bite And Claw Your Way Back Home But You're Running The Wrong Way.
10. The Future Is A Question Mark of Kerosene And Electric Sparks.

These are just as I thought of them.

 

I have my list upstairs on my wall, but I'm too lazy to get it. I think a cute shirt would be "Talk has always been the cheapest thing." That's original. There are too many to name though.

 

Oh, this could be cute. Like an arrow pointing up, towards yourself, and it says "needs love like drugs". Heh. But I think Heather has the best list. Her 1,2,3,6,7,9,10 would all be great lines. Most of ya'll's lists though wouldn't really apply to outsiders though. I mean, if you didn't know SF and saw "When success is equated with excess, the ambition for excess wrecks us, as the top of the mind becomes the bottomline when success is equated with excess." on a shirt, you would be like...???

 

hahaha...i played my friend 'sound in my mouth' and she thought the line 'i am the beater of the dead horse' was 'i am the beather of the dead whores'.hehe. she was rather confused and i was rather in hysterics.

 

There are some great lines you guys have come up with. I've updated my post with some of you guys' input.

Why a couple of lines popular in your lists didn't make it to mine:

"We don't know what we're doing, lets do it again" would be misrepresented when pulled out of context, since Jon is being sarcastic in the song.

"Souls aren't made of stones, sticks and bones" didn't make my list 'cause the statement isn't so impactful without the song - it becomes kinda cliche when its said and not sung, methinks.

@Heather
I agree with you in that the lines work better the shorter they are, but sometimes I think they can be made too short for it to work anymore, for example, "you're running the wrong way" isn't profound or interesting at all if it isn't prefixed by "you bite and claw your way back home, but..."

@Vicky
yeah, that line may be too long and philosophical for a t-shirt, but then again, I wasn't looking only for quotes that are tshirt-worthy but even for those that are wall-hanging or poster-worthy. And I think that line, in its long form, is one of the strongest quotes you can get off the album. But yeah, I doubt I'd put it on a t-shirt, though.

@Ro-Jo
I added "but that ain't my America" to your quote to solidify the reference to the American flag, 'cause I think its too vague otherwise.

I appreciate all the responses - makes it all the more fun. Keep em coming.

 

@elise
That's hilarious.. haha

@Rose
"The blind leading the lied to" is a great one. Can't believe I missed that..

 

Ah Rose stole mine! Rose, you always copy me, you know. First you steal my name...just kidding ;)
phil on your list i like #6 and #9
i also like,
*"My mouth is a brute force"
*"I am the tyrant of discourse"
*"gearing up for a social accident" (what can i say? i really like SIMM)
*"We don't know what we're doing. Let's do it again!"
*"p-p-professional?!"
*"You've one life left to lead."
*"we will rise with the wings of the dawn, when everything's new."
*"Let us breathe every breath like a gift to be kept."
*"p-p-pull it together."

um, i have more, but i'll stop for now

 

"you're running the wrong way" - i mean, no, it's not going to convert anyone to SF or christianity, but ...it would be funny to see on a shirt. it makes me chuckle. but you're taking this really seriously, so I'll let you have that. :o)

Thanks, Vicky!

 

...oh, and gellie, i'm in love with SIMM, too. It's such a great song! I wonder why it's not as appreciated as it should be?

 

This one was tough. Here are the survivors that I think would make the best t-shirts (in no particular order):

1) oh! gravity, why can't we seem to keep it together!?
2) Maybe we've been caught singing red, white, blue, and green
3) In the fallout, we found out the hype won't get you through
4) Here's the face of everything that breaks you down, Now you face the face of everything that breaks you down
5) I want a heart that I know is beating, it's beating, it's beating, I'm bleeding!
6) Your #5
7) You've one life, one life, one life left to lead
8) Your #7
9) There's still fire in you yet, yeah there's still fire in you!
10) All that i am hanging on, All of my world resting on, Your love

 

Your quotes are great ones so I won't repeat, I'll just add on what I like.

*A heart that is made of gold can’t really beat at all
*I want to live like I know what I'm leaving!
*Let us breathe every breath like a gift to be kept
*Give love to someone else, Is that enough?
*Like a puppet on a monetary string
*Face the face of everything that breaks you down
*We invent our own enemies
*Maybe you bind you with dirty second hands
*Don’t believe that there’s nothing that’s true
*We’ve all got a disease: Deficiency of love
*Our loving isn’t gonna burn us out
*In this life, you’re the flower and the thorn
*If time was never on our side, Then before I die I want to burn out bright
*Look at the world with new eyes

 

I know I put a lot, but think about them all separately
:)

 

Thanks for putting up my quote. I didn't think of the possible confusion, but come to think of it, there are a lot of countries with red, white, and blue, so thanks for clearing that up.

 

I think most of my favorites have already been said, but here are my top few anyways (and I also included the Oh! EP and "revenge", because I felt like it)...

"I wanna wake up kicking and screaming, I wanna live like I know what I'm leaving."

"I want out of this machine; it doesn't feel like freedom."

"I am my enemy, and my mouth is an army."

"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, let's not be our parents." [not that I have anything against my parents :)]

"These dreams started singing to me out of nowhere."

"What direction? Death or action! Life begins at the intersection."

"I'm splitting up! I'm splitting up! This is my personal disaffection."

"This was revenge... that love had descended and stolen our pain away."

I'm sure there are lots of others, but I don't have time at the moment to think of them. Probably we should just get the lyrics to the entire album printed up really small on a t-shirt, because the whole thing is so darn good. Or would that defeat the purpose? ;)