I'd like to rid myself of writing, to surrender, to release the venom. And hopefully at some point, I'll be a happy, well-adjusted guy and I'll have no need for all that 'art.'

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

Rehnquist was just reflecting his shifting role, from outsider to the institutional embodiment of the Court.

Our judgments betray our expectations, and our expectations betray our experience. What we project about the future reveals a lot—about the world we live in, and about our own past.

The most important key to attaining any prize, is to never take your mental eye off from it.

To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.

Aurora is right,” Willa said, sounding sad to be agreeing with her.

Baseball is the reason I have my apartment, baseball is the reason I'm on the cover of video game. Baseball is what I do.

Look for ways to be a blessing. Simple words of encouragement can brighten somebody’s day.

Beauty - a deceitful bait with a deadly hook.

I think now we're seeing the pendulum switch back to this idea where conversations are more important, if not more important than documents.

If you have not linked yourself to true emptiness, you will never understand the art of peace.