It is our destiny to be born beautiful into an ugly age.

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.

Today we recognize that the emotion of disgust evolved as an unconscious defense against biological contamination.

Death lies on her like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.

I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles the character of an "Honest Man."

People!" she screamed. "There are people here! New people!

A good attitude for a woman is to be confident, and to be confident is to be natural.

A natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.

A face painted in a picture gives a pitiful parody of life. . . but a painted surface lives.

The metallic silver coating found on fast-food game cards.

Writing is an exercise in sculpture, chipping away at the rock until you find the nose.

Whatever it is that I am working on is what I become obsessed with.