A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.

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?

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

There's a paradox in every paradigm.

To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.

We will see the increasingly rapid rate of growth weve already been seeing in Colorado continue.

Nobody criticizes the 'Mighty Ducks' trilogy and gets away with it. Nobody!

It's hard to keep the energy and the emotion of the scene when they're installing a massive green screen behind you.

For me, family is life. The decision to start one wasn't complex at all. My career has been wonderful, but it's not my life. I don't feel pressure to get back to work.

It's this patronizing thing that people have about if you're against the war everyone's lumped together. You know, the soldiers are not scholars, they're not war experts.

Choose your friends carefully, for you will tend to be like them and be found where they choose to go.