In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record.

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.

I'd definitely be the kind of parent who enabled my child's dreams. I'd just watch and nurture and guide them. I have the blueprints of what not to do... I think I'd be a good parent, actually.

Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.

If we hold on together I know our dreams will never die Dreams see us through to forever Where clouds roll by For you and I

Human nature is deeper and broader than the artificial contrivance of any existing culture.

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.

Human knowledge is dark and uncertain; philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark.

If it was up to me, I’d choose the hard path with the easy ending, not the easy path with the hard end.

My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.

Once the light of our awareness is cast on any darkness, then it cannot hide and it cannot remain. Such is the law of consciousness.

(In schools) There is an emphasis on doing things right rather on doing the right things.