That we have the vote means nothing. That we use it in the right way means everything.
We had to learn. . . that it did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us.
No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be
The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
Sunday neurosis, that kind of depression which afflicts people who become aware of the lack of content in their lives when the rush of the busy week is over and the void within themselves becomes manifest.
What if you have a genuine and captivating beauty that is marred only by your striving?
If everything you say gets laughed at. . . then you become afraid of everyone. . . and are no longer able to speak. . . even knowing all that does is bother everyone. . . Your heart. . . . . . . shuts down. . . And your words die.
I always thought I would have boys, but as a father, when your kids are born and they’re healthy and happy, that’s the most important thing.
Joe Strummer, Johnny Rotten, and Ian MacKaye were all people who really made me see things differently.