But a lot of things probably will never change - like our friendships and our working relationships. As far as me and Patrick [Stump, the singer] and all of Fall Out Boy, it's in a vacuum.

Just because today is a terrible day doesn't mean tomorrow might not be the best day of your entire life. You just have to wake up and get there

Always bet on yourself, no matter what the odds are. It means more to be in the race than watching the victory lap from the stands.

The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.

Music never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will.

Everyone you idolize wakes up scared to be themselves sometimes.

And there are people that will stand in your corner and convince you to stand up for another round no matter what.

Our brains may lie to us, but our hearts never do.

Sometimes when it looks like I'm deep in thought I'm just trying not to have a conversation with people.

It takes knowledge to know something. It takes guts to do what you know.

Being surrounded by six Brendons is so not fun.

She had discovered that her love of knowing was not unnatural or sinful but the direct consequence of a God-given ability to reason.

Yes, just like those flowers. There's something strained, but there's beauty in that. Something like that

Obsession is like a pretty, little, picket fence that offers itself up as a thin line--a separation between ingenuity and insanity.

Judge not that ye be not judged.

Drama is like a dream, it is not real, but it is really felt.

There are more important things than money. If I were motivated by money, I could have sold these documents to any number of countries and gotten very rich.

Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm, but the base and the liar?

If I were an animal, I would be an eagle.

It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.

Why sleep when there are books to read.