Top 100 Pete Wentz Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Always bet on yourself, no matter what the odds are. It means more to be in the race than watching the victory lap from the stands.”

— Pete Wentz

2. “Just because today is a terrible day doesn’t mean tomorrow might not be the best day of your entire life. You just have to wake up and get there.”

— Pete Wentz

3. “Somewhere I just want to find someone that’s going to love me forever no matter what; I want someone to show the inside of my head to. That thought keeps me going.”

— Pete Wentz

4. “And there are people that will stand in your corner and convince you to stand up for another round no matter what.”

— Pete Wentz

5. “You are what you love, not who loves you.”

— Pete Wentz

6. “I’m an insomniac, my mind works the night shift.”

— Pete Wentz

7. “Everyone you idolize wakes up scared to be themselves sometimes.”

— Pete Wentz

8. “The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.”

— Pete Wentz

9. “The Worst part of acting like a jerk isn’t when you’re doing it. Its when you realize you were.”

— Pete Wentz

10. “We are dreamers. We worship love, we hope against hope and toss practicality out the window.”

— Pete Wentz

11. “Emo is over, you can all go home now.”

— Pete Wentz

12. “It wasn’t me! Look at how little I am. I’m a little guy.”

— Pete Wentz

13. “We’re just like a movie based on a book – almost, but not quite as good.”

— Pete Wentz

14. “The silence is the worst part of any fight, because it’s made up of all the things we wish we could say, if only we had the guts.”

— Pete Wentz

15. “The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are – and the rest go away – which in my mind is an OK thing.”

— Pete Wentz

16. “I’ll be your number one with a bullet.”

— Pete Wentz

17. “There she is, lying in front of me, smoking a cigarette, thinking of something or someone else. And that’s how she is stuck in my mind forever. We are two explorers in the dark. Mapless and hopeless. Alone together.”

— Pete Wentz

18. “You’re gonna meet tons of different people throughout your life, and it’s totally worth it to stick your neck out a little bit if you like someone. Even when you get shot down, it seems really devastating, but it’s not in the long run.”

— Pete Wentz

19. “Long live the car crash hearts Cry on the couch all the poets come to life Fix me in 45.”

— Pete Wentz

20. “I’ve always believed in God. I’m just not so sure he believes in me.”

— Pete Wentz

21. “If you aren’t just a little depressed, then you aren’t paying very much attention to what’s going on in the world.”

— Pete Wentz

22. “Don’t wear eyeliner with too much facial hair. It looks strange.”

— Pete Wentz

23. “Look: I download music illegally, if I really want it. But I always then buy the record – I support art.”

— Pete Wentz

24. “I’m attracted to creative people and train wrecks, and there’s no shortage of that in Los Angeles.”

— Pete Wentz

25. “I think everyone should go crazy at least once in their life. I don’t think you’ve truly lived until you’ve thought about killing yourself.”

— Pete Wentz

26. “Sometimes when it looks like I’m deep in thought I’m just trying not to have a conversation with people.”

— Pete Wentz

27. “I wonder if killing yourself is the only thing you can control in your entire life, and that’s why it’s a sin. Because you’re beating God at his own game.”

— Pete Wentz

28. “Sometimes its good to come back when you least expect to.”

— Pete Wentz

29. “Being surrounded by six Brendons is so not fun.”

— Pete Wentz

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30. “It takes knowledge to know something. It takes guts to do what you know.”

— Pete Wentz

31. “Our brains may lie to us, but our hearts never do.”

— Pete Wentz

32. “And I could write it better than you ever felt it.”

— Pete Wentz

33. “I wanted to find a cave and hang out there for the rest of my life and be a cave painter and eat dirt.”

— Pete Wentz

34. “I was a superlate bloomer, and I was kind of a prude. I always wanted to be able to keep the number of people I’ve had sex with very low, because I never wanted to have to tell my future wife, “Oh, yeah, I was with 30 people.””

— Pete Wentz

35. “They finally pushed me out, It’s cool though cos I hae a dog.”

— Pete Wentz

36. “My wife can look at me in a certain way and I can tell by her eyes how she’s feeling about me or when I should stop talking about something. It’s kind of the way twins have their own thing.”

— Pete Wentz

37. “I’m a bit of a tease. I’d make out with a lot of people but not go beyond that.”

— Pete Wentz

38. “I think hair is just, like, the most important thing about you.”

— Pete Wentz

39. “I think Kurt Cobain and Nirvana represent this giant wave that came crashing in and turned music on its head again, and there’s definitely something to be said for that.”

— Pete Wentz

40. “I don’t have an issue finding guys attractive.”

— Pete Wentz

41. “Theres a lot to be said for bands who fight to be relevant. But CONVINCING people you’re relevant? Thats like telling people its not raining when they’re soaking wet.”

— Pete Wentz

42. “There’s nothing worse than watching an old wrinkly guy going, ‘Hey, baby.’ You’re like, ‘Dude, that’s lame.’ It’s cool to fall in love and grow old with someone.”

— Pete Wentz

43. “I’m a little bit of a makeout king. I don’t discriminate too much.”

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44. “When I said that I make out with dudes, there was a slight sense of sexual rebellion in that. And I probably even made it a bigger deal than it was.”

— Pete Wentz

45. “He sharpened his flaws and disappointments into daggers.”

— Pete Wentz

46. “I think we live a culture that’s obsessed with people, you know, ‘Celebrities are just like us!’ Everything I do except my job is critically analyzed online.”

— Pete Wentz

47. “I’m not just taking trips down memory lane; I’m broken down on it.”

— Pete Wentz

48. “He felt like the last bullet in a gun meant for revenge, sealed with a kiss.”

— Pete Wentz

49. “Freud suggests that in order to love someone else, one must love themselves; it’s a classic “needs before other needs” argument. Unfortunately, no one really loves themselves. And, if they do, they need to get to know themselves better. Unfortunately, no one is really happy.”

— Pete Wentz

50. “I wish I had never taken naked pictures of myself on a phone to send to a girl. It’s the worst thing ever.”

— Pete Wentz