Bridges are built not to cross over it but it is built to lift you to the other side safely.

Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.

we will never be tempted to live by the standards of other people or to be guided by someone else’s opinions if we know who we are

The worst thing about being a great power is when you're not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it.

Greed is supported by an endless cast of what-ifs. Greedy people can never have enough to satisfy the need they feel in light of every conceivable eventuality.

I was just trying to remove a stain

You can't dispute the ridiculous. You can't argue reasonably with evil.

Fish marreth the water, and flesh doth dress it

I'm not the type of person who enjoys the limelight.

There is no limit to beauty, no saturation point in design, no end to the material.

I'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible.