All the world does as it is supposed to, except for humans. Maybe that's why you so often want to kill each other.

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?

As ever in the family Goodman, someone would have to swallow feelings here, and it was easier that it be Mercer.

A child who grows up too closely aligned with adults assumes knowledge of a life she hasn’t yet experienced.

Only in America can you be pro-death penalty, pro-war, pro-unmanned drone bombs, pro-nuclear weapons, pro-guns, pro-torture, pro-land mines, and still call yourself 'pro-life.

The brush must draw by itself. This cannot happen if one does not practice constantly. But neither can it happen if one makes an effort.

No pressure, Jack. All we need is a miracle.

Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many.

I think heroism comes in different packages. The superhero package is one that we're familiar with.

Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.

(Men without ambition are boring) And that attitude, mistress, is why the females of your kind continue to struggle for equality. And why they continue to fail.

Religion implies revelation.