Black Flag Quotes
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As a young person, I wanted everyone to agree with me.
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We spend millions of dollars to remove pain from our lives. It's why so many people get hooked on painkillers. The body becomes addicted to painlessness. That tells you a lot.
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Everything you do makes my body scream with loneliness.
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I have come to regard November as the older, harder man's October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures. It puts my mind in a different place than October. It is a month for a quieter, slightly more subdued celebration of summer's death as winter tightens its grip.
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The tasks I set out for myself are what I do to beat the perfect pointlessness of life.
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As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.
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I have heard people say that they felt closer to their parents after they have died. Maybe if I treat people as if they were dead, I could get along with them better
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I live my life by the numbers. Not only am I an American, I am an Americanist.
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I am basically working 7 days a week. When I am not eating, sleeping, or working out, I am working on one of projects which I am just damned determined to finish.
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There's no retirement, there's just a few years of non-work by the fire with someone bringing you some tea and relative peace and playing with the grandchildren.
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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
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When I die, the world dies with me. I'd really like to leave it better than how I found it and I'm doing what I can to effect that.
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A man came up to me the other day and said he hadn't had a bite in weeks. So you know what I did? I walked by him like he didn't even exist.
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America is a rough room and you don't know what might come your way, so you have to be prepared for almost anything.
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I'm not into fame. I'm not into making money, outside of financing my books. I'm not into status. My thing is basically about time - not wasting it.
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With age, life becomes complex and difficult, often fraught with risk on several levels, from the practical to the fiscal.
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Disappointment always arrives before hope and the darkness of night comes before the dawn. Don't lose hope now because things will brighter with the new day.
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The English scene got more media attention with their emphasis on fashion, with the safety pins and all. There were some really good bands over there. The Sex Pistols were great.
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Sleep is for squares.
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You can't get your head around something if you're yelling.
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I feel pain everyday of my life. When you see me perform, it's that pain you're seeing coming out. I put all my emotions, all my feelings, and my body on the line. People hurt me, I hurt myself - mentally, physically
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To anger female voters in America is to tread on the tiger's tail. Women turn out in huge numbers, and they are well aware of how their bodies work and what they need.
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While they flail about, you will remain calm in the knowledge that you possess strength from within.
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I am a pretty crazy person, so it's best for me to be on my own most of the time.