I remember when Martin Luther King was assassinated. I was up early watching television and watched the announcement. I didn't understand what the word 'assassinated' meant.

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.

He was under the mistaken impression that I didn't have enough tact.The truth was, I had no tact.

You can never be really sure of how much you believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life or death to you.

I don't want anyone to be afraid. I don't anyone to hold back who they are.

Hang Irish harpers wherever found.

I'm not interested in plots. I'm interested only in the characterization of people and what they do.

What the philosopher is seeking is not truth, but rather the metamorphosis of the world into man.

All good things, all godly things, have been counterfeited by the devil.

The Australian divisions and the New Zealanders had become what they were to remain for the rest of the war the spearhead of the British Army

The reason adults should look as though they are having fun, is to give kids a reason to want to grow up.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.