I didn't want to work at Pizza Hut and I didn't want to join the Army. So I just decided to go out and be awesome.

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 have no control over events. I can only be courageously to conquer every challenge.

Friends for life?Why? How long have I got?

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.

I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer universal health care plan.

Shame: We all have it. It's that gremlin that says 'I'm not enough.' Or, if you're feeling pretty confident,...'ooh, who do you think you are?' Shame always has a seat.

Life is a useless passion.

Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.

Earth and heaven are in us

Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves?

There are not many English novels which deserve to be called great: Parade's End is one of them.