Nearly everything that happened had happened before. The grand lesson of history.

Why hasn't anyone killed him yet?”“Dumb luck, ” Wit said. “In that I’m lucky you’re all so dumb.

Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.

To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself.

For glory lit, and life alive, for goals unreached and aims to strive. All men must try, the wind did see. It is the test, it is the dream.

To be human is to seek beauty, Shallan. Do not despair, do not end the hunt because thorns grow in your way.

All people are musicians" Wit countered. "The question is whether or not they share their songs.

Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception

Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.

The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!”“The only honest things I can say to you are insults.

It’s not a lie, ” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.”“Mm. Those are some of the best lies.

It's only after you upgrade to a better technology that you realize how obsolete the previous one has now become.

I think I'm so old I'm in. We call it the 'Tony Bennett Syndrome.' For some reason, young people think I'm cool.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

One advantage of bad bidding is that you get practice at playing atrocious contracts.

If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.

Commentors to the Blog suggested Nick should take the Independent for every penny.

In a business society, the emotional economy is an economy of scarcity.

Love me or hate me, Scary Spice is back.

When you can’t be with the one you love, will you stay with the one who loves you?

As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.