There's only so much you can teach a person until you reach the limits of his capabilities.

Some days I make 20 bets. Some days, I make none...so I wait, plan, marshal my resources. And when I finally see an opportunity and there is a bet to make, I bet it all.

Flip a coin. When it's in the air, you'll know which side you're hoping for.

If a man is dumb, someone is going to get the best of him, so why not you? If you don't, you're as dumb as he is

Look out for Number One. If you don't, no one else will.

The more money the louder it talks.

Don't go away. I don't want to be alone. I can't stand being alone.

Anyone who'd sell out a whole town wouldn't hesitate to double-cross one man.

I prefer to make my living honestly.

She hates me and you hate me, but you all love Harry. Nobody loves me.

That girl is just plain crazy, " Chey said as she looped her arm through Arkadia's. 'I swear when they were handing out social skills she was still in the line for shoes.

Yin and yang are the left and right hands of the Infinite — creator, destroyer, and reproducer of everything that exists.

If losers can exploit what their adversaries teach them, yes, losers can become winners in the long term.

Motives are better than actions. Men drift into crime. Of evil they do more than they contemplate, and of good they contemplate more than they do.

The sun proceeds unmoved To measure off another day For an approving God.

There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

Pop stars exist in a different space, one not necessarily tied to a patriotism. So Rihanna is everyone's. She doesn't just belong to America, even though she's a creation of America.

I try to keep my characters raising more questions than giving answers. I don't want to leave too much on the table. I want you to have your connection and your secret understanding of the character.

I don't want to put a pause on the rest of my life; I'm really enjoying getting older and the wisdom that comes from that.

People have multiple identities.