Eric > Eric's Quotes

“How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

“No True Talent is fully organic. Yet the superior talented have not only control of study but that extra special, little gift at birth--fueled by passion. A built in, totally spiritual, unexplainable, New Age, fuckin cosmic energy bursting love for passion. And yes, they are an even smaller percent amongst the small percent. And they are special!”
― Kurt Cobain

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.”
― Henry Stanley Haskins, Meditations in Wall Street

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

“All good things are wild and free.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“Any fool can make a rule
And any fool will mind it.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Journal #14

“What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?”
― Henry David Thoreau, Familiar letters

“Who are you to judge the life I live?
I know I'm not perfect
-and I don't live to be-
but before you start pointing fingers...
make sure you hands are clean!”
― Bob Marley

“None but ourselves can free our minds.”
― Bob Marley

“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.”
― Bob Marley

“Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all.”
― Bob Marley

“I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.”
― Kurt Cobain

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.”
― Kurt Cobain

“Birds scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth, but sadly we don't speak bird.”
― Kurt Cobain

“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”
― Kurt Cobain

“I'm so happy. Cause today I found my friends.
They're in my head.”
― Kurt Cobain, Artwork

“Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.”
― Kurt Cobain

“I knew I was different. I thought that I might be gay or something because I couldn't identify with any of the guys at all. None of them liked art or music. They just wanted to fight and get laid. It was many years ago but it gave me this real hatred for the average American macho male.”
― Kurt Cobain

“I am not gay, although I wish I were, just to piss off homophobes.”
― Kurt Cobain

“If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first.”
― Kurt Cobain

“Forever in debt to your priceless advice.”
― Kurt Cobain

“I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.”
― Kurt Cobain

“Life isn't nearly as sacred as the appreciation of passion.”
― Kurt Cobain, Journals

“Nobody dies a virgin... Life fucks us all.”
― Kurt Cobain

“I don't care what you think unless it is about me.”
― Kurt Cobain

“If my eyes could show my soul, everyone would cry when they saw me smile.”
― Kurt Cobain

“Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate women about how to defend themselves. What really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape. Go to the source and start there.”
― Kurt Cobain

“I’m not mad. I’m in a perfectly happy mood, you asshole.”
― Kurt Cobain

“Life is a waste of time and time is a waste of life, so let's all get wasted and have the time of our lives.”
― Kurt Cobain