“Pete Martell: Mr. Cooper, how do you take it? Dale Cooper: Black as midnight on a moonless night.”— Mark Frost, David Lynch, Special Agent Dale Cooper, Kyle MacLachlan, imdb.com
“My fire was in all its glory about midnight, and, having made a bark shed to shelter me from the rain and partially dry my clothing, I had nothing to do but look and listen and join the trees in their hymns and prayers.”— John Muir, amazon.com
“Midnight on the clock represents a hypothetical global catastrophe, like a... a nuclear war. Uh, the number of minutes to midnight stand for how soon that could happen.”— Karen Maser, Matt Simmons, Daniel Henney, imdb.com
“I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.”— Jennifer Niven, amazon.com
“Well, it’s twelve o’clock. Happy New Year, everyone. Yeah, excellent start to the year. Fantastic.”— Stephen Colbert, twitter.com