Everybody dies. What matters is what you do between now and when it happens to you.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.

I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

We must learn to live triumphantly amid the traumas and pressures we face daily.

Understanding that quitting is never an option, leaves winning as the only option.

Hiking is the best workout!... You can hike for three hours and not even realize you're working out. And, hiking alone lets me have some time to myself.

I was on the highway - I saw the scariest thing in the world, man. I saw an Asian driving an SUV. Really, I just drove my car right into the guardrail, figured I'd save him some time.

Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

Words can destroy. What we call each other ultimately becomes what we think of each other, and it matters.

There is no dark side to love. Only a darker side to those we love

They finally pushed me out, It's cool though cos I hae a dog.