You see the dilemma?” Ham asked. “I see an idiot,” Breeze mumbled.

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?

There must be darkness to see the stars.

The question remains... who takes care of you, Miss Vale?" "I might ask the same question of you, Lord Dryden.

The moral improvement demands an evolution leading to a higher consciousness.

American audiences love period pieces. America doesn't have a lot of old things. It's a new country so I think we're a little bit fascinated by that.

Our founders did not write that 'We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all US Persons are created equal.'

We have reduced sales tax on food. Now we want it eliminated.

Oliver McCall was someone who I never really got to know too well, and he had some well-publicized problems.

I want my kids to head out the door full of peace, not the echoes of my frustrations.

An army which cannot be reenforced is already defeated.

More proof that trusting the Feds to protect our information is like hiring Homer Simpson to guard the donuts.