234 Quotes by Corey Taylor

The future is meant for those who are willing to let go of the worst parts of the past. When you cannot take two steps without turning around to inspect your footsteps, you are getting nowhere fast.

My credo is treat everyone like it is their birthday, but handle them as if they could throw up on the cake at any moment. In the end, this is not an era for sitting on the fence.

So the misguided acts of my past have brought me to the virtues of my present and will hopefully lead me to the grace of my future. But I do not consider them "sins." I consider them mistakes, capriciousness in the face of youthful abandon. I found my moral limit because I crossed my own line and did not feel good about it.

Live your life, no matter what that life is.

Why have free will if you cannot put a few miles on it first? It is like comparing felonies to misdemeanors: Stealing candy is not the same as murder, and lust does not always mean rape.

I've gotta say what I've gotta say and then I swear I'll go away, but I can't promise you'll enjoy the noise.

The mind is left bereft when it is nothing more than a tool of regurgitation.

Anything exceptional gets crushed by common people with jealousy and ignorance and all their common evils.

I just want you to want what has always been yours to have. The way is never shut if the light you seek is bright enough. If you are feeling a little dark, you can always change the bulb. Never let the limits of your understanding dictate how far you can go. We can be better. We can just be. Trust me- it's as simple as that.