Nobody ever completely means what they say. Even when they think they're telling the truth, there's always something hidden behind their words.

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.

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give

There's a freshness to the approach of teen chefs. They're lighthearted, and they're not afraid to take risks.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

They Only Made One Mistake, They Signed This Fight.

And this do I call immaculate perception of all things: to want nothing else from them, but to be allowed to lie before them as a mirror with a hundred facets.

One man's style must not be the rule of another's.

Society is joint action and cooperation in which each participant sees the other partner's success as a means for the attainment of his own.

Life is known only by those who have found a way to be comfortable with change and the unknown. Given the nature of life, there may be no security, but only adventure.

In order to be one of the greats, you've got to study the greats.