Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.

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?

Emancipation was a proclamation, but not a fact.

There is an abandonment, an escape, that physical labor bestows.

All things have rest: why should we toil alone, We only toil, who are the first of things.

Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.

It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

Ennui is the echo in us of time tearing itself apart.

The immense majority of our species are candidates for humanity, and nothing more.

I think the Republicans have really thoughtful financial policies, and I'm more in the middle on taxation.

Hillary Clinton, like Bill [Clinton], you know, they're not the solution to the crisis.

Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.