You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.

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?

The spiritual is a slave to righteousness in Christ Jesus.

God bless humankind.

Who originates the latest slang terms that are, seemingly overnight, known to every black youth across the country?

Medical costs are of concern, both in developing and developed countries.

I don't think I am especially interested in celebrities, but I love talking about what is going on with people and why they do what they do.

We got to push to give, and one life to live.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Act as though it were impossible to fail.

Raids are slightly constipating.

Actually, it's as if [Superman is] more real than we are. We writers come and go, generations of artists leave their interpretations, and yet something persists, something that is always Superman.

We pardon familiar vices.