Smart people make good choices. They dig science and say 'no' to the invasion of sovereign nations for the pleasure of corporations.

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.

So Dobby stopped us from getting on the train and broke your arm. . . ." He shook his head. "You know what, Harry? If he doesn't stop trying to save your life he's going to kill you.

To fear man's judgment more than God's judgment is to fear man more than God.

Housing without people, and people without housing.

My greatest blessings are my life, my children and my family.

I figure the more people think I'm just mildly weird, the less likely they are to know how weird I really am.

To look upon that landscape in the early morning, with the sun at your back, is to lose the sense of proportion.

No queen has had to fight an insurrection in half a millennium. And she takes it personally. But it was her fate to be a good queen that followed four poor ones

I think that submissiveness can [be] and is a formidable weapon, which women will use as long as it isn't taken from them.

I like to read the 'Financial Times' when I'm traveling. 'Economist.' 'Ad Busters.'

You gotta be think'n Sam Adams, not drink'n Sam Adams