That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.

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?

Anyone who takes on my sister, " he had postured once, all puffed-out bravado, "will have to deal with ...my sister." And then he'd dived behind her and cowered.

He didn't take any of my shit. I needed that.

Is it possible for one to enter sleep and wander while never waking? And if so, for how long can one survive this way?

There was not an inch of solid ground anywhere in the world for me to call my own. I didn't belong anywhere. Had I disappeared, no one would have noticed.

Man's inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.

An injudicious and malignant enemy often serves the cause he means to injure; but a feeble friend never attains that end.

A believer to another believer is like two hands, one washes the other (correcting each other).

I was allowed to have an imagination rather than a need to be entertained all the time by television or computers or anything like that. So, I think it's helpful to try and give your kids.

What people see on court is another side of me; it's not me.

Good writing happens when human beings follow particular steps to take control of their sentences-to make their words do what they want them to do.