I don't know why people who got what they need to be happy don't just go ahead and be happy.

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.

True wisdom reveals itself by loving everyone.

I really want to punch you right now. Maybe even break your nose.” She rolled her eyes upward, seeking calm. “But I won’t because I like this dress.

The realization that we were so near to victory made life become very dear to me. I felt near home!

I idolize my father. I mean, he has worked so hard in his life.

There's very few people, who really thrive creatively under great stress and conflict.

I need to go where I feel loved.

I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.

I grew up in a Catholic family in the Midwest. And I knew people of different faiths and people that were atheists and people that were agnostic.

Our executive branch does not believe in interfering with what the legislative branch chooses to do. We believe in federalism.

Hard as I try, daddy-o, I really do not like concert singers. They are always singing in some foreign language.