The hardest part of watching someone watching me is making it appear that I'm not watching.

Just because today is a terrible day doesn't mean tomorrow might not be the best day of your entire life. You just have to wake up and get there

Always bet on yourself, no matter what the odds are. It means more to be in the race than watching the victory lap from the stands.

The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.

Music never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will.

Everyone you idolize wakes up scared to be themselves sometimes.

And there are people that will stand in your corner and convince you to stand up for another round no matter what.

Our brains may lie to us, but our hearts never do.

Sometimes when it looks like I'm deep in thought I'm just trying not to have a conversation with people.

It takes knowledge to know something. It takes guts to do what you know.

Being surrounded by six Brendons is so not fun.

Reality is a background so painted over by our own perceptions that every eye sees the world differently.

We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring.

When I go home every night, I can look in the mirror and say I have given 110 per cent for Newcastle United. If people aren't happy with that, I can't give any more.

Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous'd, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th' offended gods.

Shrimp are the insects of the ocean. They're bottom feeders. So they're delicious, but they're the bugs of the sea.

I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it.

I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by the event that is my life.

You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy.

I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans.

Why argue about things you can't prove?