That's the problem with winning right from the start, thought Ender. you lose friends.

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.

Ender didn't like fighting. He didn't like Peter's kind, the strong against the weak, and he didn't like his own kind either, the smart against the stupid.

I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.

There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.

Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.

If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.

I taught you everything you know. But I didn't teach you everything I know.

Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.

Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.

Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice.

If God really valued loyalty, He would have blessed every single believer before He even considered blessing a single nonbeliever.

The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.

I can design a collection in a day and I always do, cause I've always got a load of Italians on my back, moaning that it's late.

I think, you know, when you're an actor who's had periods of unemployment, it makes you feel really good to have a job - to say that you're expected somewhere, do you know what I mean?

A meticulous virtual copy of the human brain would enable basic research on brain cells and circuits or computer-based drug trials.

The BBC can be infuriating at times but I love it with a passion.

It almost isn't sporting, is it?

If you really love property, and buildings, lifestyles and how people live, that's a good reason for going into development.

If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job