"Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing."

“what matters most is how well you walk through the fire”

Source : Charles Bukowski (2012). “The Pleasures of the Damned: Selected Poems 1951-1993”, p.505, Canongate Books

“Treat every piece of advice as a gift or a compliment and simply say, “Thank you.”

Source : Marshall Goldsmith (2008). “What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful”, p.118, Profile Books

“Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say "tomorrow." Their name is today.”

“Real hope combined with real action has always pulled me through difficult times.”

“One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor.”

“I still believe in the old-school show thing no frills, no fancy equipment just a guitar and some amps and some drums, and throw it out there and do it the best you can in a live sense, because it's easy to make records. But the live show is where you really show if you've got the balls to do it.”

“Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity.”

“Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them ourselves.”