Plots behind plots, plans behind plans. There was always another secret.

There's always another secret.' -Kelsier

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

Women? Women are like...thunderstorms. They're beautiful to look at, and sometimes they're nice to listen to-but most of the time they're just plain inconvenient.

If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier

Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.

But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.

This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.

My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage?

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

How long can you be cute?

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.

If I were the commissioner of all sports media I would issue an immediate ban on three-person announcing teams on telecasts of live sporting events. In almost all cases three is one voice too many.

Every rock'n'roll band I know, guys with long hair and tattoos, plays golf now.

Practice. I used to sit on the edge of my bed with a six-pack of Tuborg. My brother would go out to party and get laid, come home at 3am., and I would still be playing with myself.

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

If you love someone when you're 20 and you carry that love with you until you're 90, it's not going to be the same dynamic.

Being an author is always like being a well-run dictatorship - it's all one person speaking.

Maybe everyone is a little too reassuring that things are going to be OK to college graduates. It gives them a false sort of security.