I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects of the poison began to be felt.

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.

Employment sells out the future life

The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.

Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.

Passion is the very fuel of inspiration. Artists, of all people, must be willing to share their passions with the world.

A lot of my business is about protecting creativity.

When I took on the drug companies and the insurance companies for universal health care coverage, they went after me with a vengeance.

You do not have to be in a church to be saved, but to continue in the things of God, you must be in some type of fellowship with other Christian people.

In the matter of a difficult question it is more likely that the truth should have been discovered by the few than by the many.

The soul is never less alone than when it is alone with God.

Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now?