In my bright, utopian future world, they will hand out college educations like cups of water at the end of the L.A. Marathon.

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.

How many miles to Babylon?Three score and ten!Can I get there by candle light?Yes, and back again?

Do much more than you are being paid for today because someday, you will be paid much more than you are doing.

Old habits are strong and jealous.

After all, if we are co-creators of our reality, as so many philosophies have espoused, then we have a say in how it is, how it goes and our participation in it, right?

Our relationship with God flows out of our love for God.

The freedom of knowing that you're doing something off-kilter is liberating.

The only time I've ever gone against my instincts, I've regretted it. It was only really one time.

My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirit back.

The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and enlarge his talents.

Self-analysis always cheats.