I was in a
I was in a bar the other night, hopping from barstool to barstool, trying to get lucky, but there wasn’t any gum under any of them. Emo Philips
Hopping
If you really want
If you really want me to be safe, maybe it’s time.\” \”I’d just feel safer if you’d start sleeping in a coffin.\” Just then my door creaked open. Billy’s expression turned to surprise. \”Get out!\” I said, hopping off the bed. \”Uh…we are making up lyrics to a song.\” But that didn’t keep Billy out. … Read more
Because half a dozen
Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray, to not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field; that, of course, … Read more
I have often noticed
I have often noticed how primate groups in their entirety enter a similar mood. All of a sudden, all of them are playful, hopping around. Or all of them are grumpy. Or all of them are sleepy and settle down. In such cases, the mood contagion serves the function of synchronizing activities. Frans de Waal
My genre-hopping has caused
My genre-hopping has caused problems with marketing and sales departments over the years, because they need to know where to position a book with the booksellers. F. Paul Wilson
Well, it seems like
Well, it seems like a miracle to be able to look forward-to-to see all the minutes in front of one come hopping along with something marvellous in them, instead of just[Pg 295] saying, Well, that one didn’t actually hurt and the next may be quite bearable if only something beastly doesn’t come pouncing out– Dorothy … Read more
The important thing for
The important thing for me is that I try to understand the culture. Everything I thought I knew about the country was either through TV, music, movies or hopping in and out when I did shows. You can’t just get the US through being in Miami, LA and New York. Middle America is the place … Read more
Life was not fair.
Life was not fair. If you wanted something you had to take it. Before someone else took it from you. Neatly dissected down to its essence, life was one long series of lily pad hoppings. The quick and the resourceful were able to adapt and survive; all others were simply crushed as a more nimble … Read more
Johannes Cabal would kill
Johannes Cabal would kill me for saying this, but he’s my favorite Zeppelin-hopping detective. The fellow has got all the charm of Bond and the smarts of Holmes–without the pesky morality. Daniel H. Wilson
Video games don’t make
Video games don’t make people go nuts. I played Super Mario forever. Not once hopping on a turtle or smash my head through a brick ceiling. Dane Cook