I didn't have the worst childhood, but I didn't have the best, and when you grow up like that, you have certain limitations invariably stuck inside you. Slipknot was a way to work it out.

The best friends you will ever have are the ones who don't make you feel like you owe them a damn thing.

It's amazing and sad what we have to do to survive sometimes.

Life owes you nothing. You owe yourself everything.

The future is meant for those who are willing to let go of the worst parts of the past. When you cannot take two steps without turning around to inspect your footsteps, you are getting nowhere fast.

Before you tell yourself its a different scene remember its just different from what you've seen.

Live your life, no matter what that life is.

Bad things happen when good people pretend nothing is wrong.

You ever want to feel powerless? Watch the people you care about being hurt and know there is nothing you can do about it.

Our proximity keeps us honest. Our intentions keep us strangers.

Do you serve a purpose, or purposely serve?

Once more for Britain, � I said to the empty room. I might not be the Queen everyone wanted me to be, but I was intelligent and fully capable of breaking the code.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

[Seeing an ornately chained Native American for the first time] What Eden have they torn you from?

I've done a lot of talk shows where you can tell that the host is just thinking about what he wants to say next while you're answering him and that's really uncomfortable.

The people who really know me understand that I have a tough exterior, but I'm actually just a hippie at heart.

My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.

She who resists as though she would not win, By her own treason falls an easy prey.

You can't kill Rock 'n' Roll. It's here to stay

Our effort was a serious effort, genuine effort, to open the door for peace, unfortunately, the Security Council is not ready to listen to that message.

A viable neighborhood is a community: and a viable community is made up of neighbors who cherish and protect what they have in common.