Reasonable argument is impossible when authority becomes the arbiter.

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.

Liberals love to strike generous, humanitarian poses with other people's lives.

You don't have to feel bad to act kindly. Love doesn't stand by, it moves with the speed of clarity.

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

When the catcher throws down a curveball, I'm like, 'Okay, I can definitely do that.' If I miss with it, I'm still ready to throw it again.

[How to train your dragon] is beautiful to look at and, again, those values that it contains about relationships, friendships, and bonding in the face of ignorance.

When two cultures collide is the only time when true suffering exists.

People who say it was her father who prepared her for the post of prime minister, it was her father who launched her, are wrong.

There's more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that's because the audience doesn't really know what's happening.

Successful people spend 10% of their time focused on the problems and 90% of the rest, focused on the solution.

I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.