The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are - and the rest go away - which in my mind is an OK thing.

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.

It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to to, We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.

For a dream to die, something so tragic would have definitely gone wrong! Be careful you don’t kill your own dreams.

The acceptable is unacceptable. The truth is a lie. The good is pure evil. Even freedom has become a prison.

We are our best guide and a friend. Our problems arise when we start looking for one elsewhere.

Giving from the heart is supernatural, it manifests into blessings.

She's still small and I still want to put her in my pocket.-Seven Chillman, classmate

I watched my brother and my father. The truth was very different from what we learned in school. The truth was the line between the living and the dead could be, it seemed, murky and blurred.

Political correctness is tyranny with manners.

The outcome of a still veracitless life. Am I livin' it right?

Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class.