100 Inspiring Quotes By Henry Rollins, The Author Of Get In The Van
Henry Rollins, born as Henry Lawrence Garfield, is an American polymath of the entertainment industry. He has held several profiles including being a musician, actor, television and radio host and comedian. Rollins love for music traces back to his university days when he first developed an interest in punk rock, after getting hands on a copy of The Ramones's debut album. Rollins’ music career thrived as he became the frontman and vocalist of ‘State of Alert’ band. In times to follow, he was a key member of the Black Flag and Rollin Stone bands. He made several important contributions as a solo artist as well. Music career aside, Rollins is famous for his antics as a television and radio host. He hosts the weekly radio show on KCRW, and is a regular columnist for LA Weekly and Rolling Stone Australia. He has also done a couple of dramatic roles for various televisions series. Apart from his career in the entertainment industry, Rollins has powerfully used his social position to campaign for and promote LGBT rights, World Hunger Relief, the West Memphis Three and an end to war in particular. The rich legacy of his work includes some of the highly meaningful quotes that he has written over the years. These quotes touch various aspects of life and provide some food for thought. Check out some of the most famous quotes by Henry Rollins.
Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.
I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.
Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
Girls aren't beautiful, they're pretty. Beautiful is too heavy a word to assign to a girl. Women are beautiful because their faces show that they know they have lost something and picked up something else.
Half of life is fucking up, the other half is dealing with it.
Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts.
I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.
I am ready for whatever's coming. I expect nothing but to be let down or turned away. I am alone. Goddamn. The shit hurts sometimes, but I realize what I am, what I have become.
My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.
Do it or don't. It's amazing how many things in life are that easy.
It is sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.
You don't make me feel like you used to. That's why I'm leaving That's why people leave each other They come to their senses and get selfish again.
Love heals scars love left
Knowledge without mileage equals bullshit.
I get tired of talking when I want to be silent.
I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.
Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.
When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?
Gay people don't have a personality problem. They have a problem with small-minded motherfuckers who can't conquer a 1-inch high curb.
Respect is not a one way street
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own
Nothing brings people together more than mutual hatred.
Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.
I will do my best to dodge tonight's depression Hide in sleep Damage myself in dreams Wake up older, slightly more used.
My love is a thousand French poets puking black blood on your Cure CD collection.
If there was a god, he wouldn't let a guy walk right up and shoot you in the face now would he? That's right, now you get the picture. Truth burns doesn't it?
I know you’ll never love me but maybe you’ll stay for awhile.
It's hard to get along with people. As much as you try to like them and accept them as individuals, it becomes difficult because they keep getting out of line and wasting your time.
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but i feel more lonely in a crowded room with boring people then i feel on my owm.
