Tom Waits

"I was always artistic, but not fashion artistic."

"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through."

"I think people are fascinated by the exotic, the dangerous, and the mysterious."

"The clock is always ticking, and I prefer to spend my time with people who are conscious and alive."

"If you're wise, you don't give the writer or the player anything that is detachable."

"I got 'Better Days' tattooed on my chest."

"You're beginning to feel the day that's been coming for some time."

"Most people are not going to be remembered long after they leave this earth."

"I like the way the stories just kind of fell out of his mouth."

"I wanted to stand in the corner and know I was standing in the corner."

"There's some magic in everything, and then some loss to it too."

"You punish yourself for not being strong enough, as if strength is the only virtue."

"I think the world's a better place when we're kind to one another."

"Fear is the currency of the world we live in."

"Power is a curious thing. It's not money, it's not guns, it's not words."

"Money is just a way of keeping score in a game nobody understands."

"Health is what my friends are always drinking to before they fall down."

"Adventure is out there if you're willing to look for it."

"I've been down so long it looks like up to me."

"You can make it up as you go, but you need a strong foundation."

"A relationship is like a house. If a little window breaks here and there, before long the whole thing will cave in."

"I find myself alone in the darkness, and I find something sacred there."

"Technology is a wonderful tool, but it can't replace human connection."

"History is made by people who care deeply about something."

"Philosophy is the art of being confused at a higher level."

"Literature is the most beautiful thing ever invented."

"Politics is the art of making the possible impossible."

"War doesn't settle anything, it just kills people."

"Patience is the virtue of the strong."

"Kindness costs nothing and gives everything."