This is how humans are: We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question.

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.

Schedule happy experiences to displace unhappy memories.

Wait. Are you about to do something really stupid? -GUARD

Great faith equals great power.

Do not ever get agitated by provoking thoughts and actions. Always keep your calm. This will shame the alien.

Who's driving this car, Stevie Wonder?

I just love music, and I'm not as genre specific as most songwriters. A lot of my buddies just listen to country, or just Americana, or whatever their style is, and I just listen to everything.

Discard yourself and thereby regain yourself. Spread the trap of humility and ensnare love.

The whole notion that you can equalize opportunity in things that matter is utopian.

When in the Land of Property think like a propertarian. Dress like one, eat like one, act like one, be one.

Dentists, lawyers, doctors are all a bunch of thieving bastards.