I don't want people to think that I can't make fun of myself.

My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs.

My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English.

Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic.

Death is a very important part of life.

My mind's a machine gun, my body's the bullets and the audience is the target.

My body is the rock and roll temple and my flesh, blood and body fluids are a communion to the people whether they like it or not

My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.

It's not so much wanting to die, but controlling that moment, choosing your own way.

There's such a fierce intense fire burning inside of me, so much that it just wants to explode.

Everybody picks up on the sensational things, but no one really gets it.

We choose to live life to the fullest because it is in our best interest to do so. - Charmainism

True experiences of angels always lead to a greater unity.

The sun rose on the flawless brimming sea into a sky all brazen-all one brightening for gods immortal and for mortal men on plowlands kind with grain.

In some cases, managers and employees have secured pensions beyond their original base salary. It is wrong, the people doing it know it's wrong, and we have to put an end to it.

Being against the military because you are against war is like being against the Fire Department because you are against fire.

Germany has acted effectively during the euro crisis. It needs to build on this to engage in other spheres too.

Whenever I'm in Glasgow I go and stand outside the front of the house I grew up in, which is in Mount Vernon.

Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests.

In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love. It was like putting out your own eyes in order not to see the bad things in life.

The fact of being alive compensated for what life did to one.