There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.

There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.

Music to me is the air I breathe it's the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive

A man once asked me, what's punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that's punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That's just trendy.

School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?

You can't change the wind but you can set your sails.

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.

To do something that you feel in your heart that's great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that's successful is a series of mistakes.

‎The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore.

It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done.

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master.

It was truly amazing, Clary thought, how much teenage boys were able to eat without ever gaining weight or making themselves sick. -pg.68-

I try to visit stores because it's important to meet the teams and to hear the comments of the salespeople.

We've drifted into this presentation mode without realizing the cost to the content and the audience in the process.

Find your passion and do it totally. The more life experience you get, the better you'll be at whatever you want to do.

Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world.

Before philosophy can teach by Experience, the Philosophy has to be in readiness, the Experience must be gathered and intelligibly recorded.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.