I'm just shallow and self-interested, and don't get out much because I'm afraid of real commitments.

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.

Demonstrate love to the people first, and then teach them to observe biblical principles

Greed is mistaken nobility. Instead of robbing all the pain and hardship from people's lives and rescuing them from danger, greed robs provisions from providers.

Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion.

Well-taught doctrines and principles have a more powerful influence on behavior than rules.

Decency renders all things tolerable.

Different brands are indeed different, and that's the challenge of developing recipes for a cooker. But just like anything, you have to be flexible.

I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation.

If you work all the time, you lose the intermittence of reflection and thought at every stage. Take breaks - for you and your work.

It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light.