What's the future of mankind? How do I know, I got left behind.

I don't want you to play me a riff that's going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a kid want to go out and buy a guitar and learn to play.

Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that's OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots.

Maybe it's not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate.

Sometimes I'm scared of being Ozzy Osbourne. But it could have been worse. I could have been Sting.

If you can laugh at your mistakes, it's a good thing.

My son Jack just got out of rehab, he's 17 years old and he got hooked on Oxycontin and I'm just a little pissed off that he never gave me a few.

Hating people isn’t a productive way of living. So what’s the point in hating anyone? There’s enough hate in the world as it is, without me adding to it.

When you’re in love, it’s not just about the messing around in the sack, it’s about how empty you feel when they’re gone.

You've got to believe in yourself, or no one will believe in you. Imagination is like a bird on the wing, flying free for you to use.

It's impossible to know everything about everything but the real pleasure lies in knowing something about everything

Only those prepared to go too far will learn how far they can go.

The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times.

We aren't addicted to oil, but our cars are.

Unfortunately, I don't have much free time

Humble birth did not retard his genius, nor high place corrupt his soul.

We should only endeavour to think and speak correctly ourselves, without wishing to bring others over to our taste and opinions.

There is no single way of grieving. But research suggests that there are some broad similarities among grievers.

A lot of the times when I've auditioned for parts in America, the answer is, 'Sorry, we need a bigger name.'

It's only a world, after all, and they're just sand grains in the desert, worlds.