"I feel like if you compare yourself to other successful musicians you will never be successful, because there will always be someone above you who has done something more or done something first or done something better."

“Never expect anybody - except possibly your analyst - to be as thrilled about your sex life as you are.”

“But in a radically atheist universe, you are not only responsible for doing your duty, You are also responsible for deciding what is your duty.”

“I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.”

“When you look at yourself in the mirror, don't pinpoint the things that you aren't happy with. Appreciate what you were born with and acknowledge the fact that you are you, and that is something to celebrate.”

Source : "Shay Mitchell's Body Peace Advice!" by Macey Hall, www.seventeen.com. July 9, 2013.

“Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.”

“Are there times in our lives when we think we have been forsaken by God, or by our fellow men, or by our families? Those are moments when we have to turn to Christ and endure.”

“Perhaps the price of comfort is that life passes more rapidly. But for anyone who has lived in uneasiness, even for a short, memorable duration, it's a trade-off that will gladly be made.”

Source : Arthur Nersesian (2009). “The Fuck Up”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

“Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.”