Been done. See the "Left Behind" books.
As for quotes, the song "The Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash is about the Apocalypse and includes the "pale horse" quote already mentioned. It was featured quite effectively in the most recent version of the "Dawn of the Dead" film.
http://hit-country-music-lyrics.com/...mesaround.html
Speaking of the living dead, as I recall most of the films include the line, "When there is no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth."