I read a bit of Ray Bradbury when I was a younger man. I don't read a lot of fiction anymore... like, none.

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.

If you have seen darkness, you will appreciate the dawn of light.

Man alone suffers so excruciatingly in the world that he was compelled to invent laughter.

All the Padres need is a fly ball in the air.

I was unhappy with my life. I had acquired everything I thought I wanted, only to find out, This is it?

You must put the essence of what you want to say into a painting. The rest is arbitrary. Chosen with discernment, but chosen, and choice involves elimination.

But I think the more you eat healthy clean foods the more you create them.

Compulsion is the death of friendship.

To know that all is well, even if late will come to know it, is at least some gain.

I was so thrilled being a reporter, because it gave you the kind of access to people that you wouldn't ever get to meet.

Luck favors the bold. Leaders must fearlessly exploit the Secret of Decisiveness. Act boldly at critical moments.