— V.M. Varga (Fictional Character), Fargo

“And yet, if evidence is collected, if confessions are made, if a verdict of guilty is entered in a court of law, then it's happening becomes as the rocks and rivers, and to argue that it didn't happen is to argue with reality itself.”

— Sir Alex Ferguson, Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography

“Origins should never be a barrier to success. A modest start in life can be a help more than a hindrance.”

— Private Witt (Fictional Character), The Thin Red Line

“How did we lose all the good that was given us? Let it slip away. Let it slip away. Scattered it, careless. What's keepin' us from reaching out, touching the glory?”

— Stephen Hawking, The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe

“The most remarkable property of the universe is that it has spawned creatures able to ask questions.”

— Carnegie, The book of Eli

“it’s not a fuckin’ book! It’s a weapon! A weapon aimed right at the hearts and minds of the weak and the desperate. It will give us control of them. If we want to rule more than one small, fuckin’ town, we have to have it. People will come from all over, they’ll do exactly what I tell ’em if the words are from the book. It’s happened before and it’ll happen again. All we need is that book.”

— George Orwell, 1984

“double-think means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”

— Confucius / Aldous Huxley

“silence is a true friend who never betrays! After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is Music!”