I think marriage is a boring and fault-ridden contractual obligation.

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.

When is now.

A lot of people think that addiction is a choice. A lot of people think it's a matter of will. That has not been my experience. I don't find it to have anything to do with strength.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is the brightest light and the only hope for this darkened world.

What our economists call a depressed area almost always turns out to be a cleaner, freer, more livable place than most.

Apparently they're going to bring in 'Super Asbos'. But 'Asbos' already sound too cool. Teenagers see them as a badge of honour. They should call them 'Gaybos' or 'Bender Badges'.

There are three things you cannot hide: smell of the garlic, fragrance of the flower and the wisdom of the teacher.

A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.

Boards, boards, boards.

Listen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what's going on next week, next month.

I may say it of our preposterous use of books,--He knew not what to do, and so he read.