Scott Ian Quotes

You find it hard to deal with certain things and as you get older it becomes easier.

Life does throw some hard stuff at you as you get older, much harder. But you are more able to deal with things.

Every teenager, I think, thinks it's the end of the world whenever anything happens, and it's not. You'll get through it. Life will be much more interesting and will certainly be broader when you're older.

The more crap you have had to deal with in your life, the better you are at handling 'Big Brother.'

I feel I have a lot to share, I have stories for years, and I've been through everything, there's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't been through.

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

'The ruckus' is different experiences you go through throughout your life which builds your ruckus points up - your tolerance. You've got to have a high tolerance for dealing with stuff all the time.

Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way behind in adolescence.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

Emotionally, I'm about 13.

The more you've lived, the more you've experienced, you emotionally know a lot more, especially if you haven't had a regular, straightforward kind of life.

Kids are mostly very resilient.

Children and teens need to explore the dark side as a healthy part of growing. If a child is protected from everything dreadful, he will have no coping mechanisms in place when finally confronted with disaster.

I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.

Some people just don't have the tools to deal with the stuff life throws at them.

When I look back at my life now, I'm not amazed by what I did at 16 to 21.

Aging doesn't scare me at all. You can handle the bumps each year. They're traumatic when you're younger, and they're hurtful, and you go through some terrible times, and you feel terrible.

Life's not so rocky now. It was very volatile when you're young: you've got no experience. Your sense of disappointment is far greater; your sense of success is overwhelming. And then you've got the emotional conflict within any group that you're not mature enough to deal with until you get older. It levels out.

I learned that life is filled with ups and downs and it's just about how you react to them.

I've been put into a lot of situations that could be stressful. That's really helped me mature, both as a performer and as a man.

I was thrust into an adult world very quickly, and that can make anyone somewhat socially maladjusted to dealing with people your own age. But I wouldn't trade any of it.

As a person, you like to see young men mature.

You've got to understand life, understand it when you're young.

One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem.

The older you get, the more you realize it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.