Orson Scott Card Quotes

I don't care how loyal you think you're going to be, Dink. It's not in you. You're a brat and you always will be. So admit what a lousy follower you are, and go ahead and LEAD.

"And you actually were cuddly," said Carn. "No offense, but you were spunky." "If that's your word for 'bratty little asshole,' said Dink mildly.

Such fools they were in Battle School, to let so few girls in. It left the boys completely helpless against a woman when they returned to Earth.

If I have to choose between an omnipotent God who leaves the world in this condition, and a God who has only a little bit of power but really cares and tries to make things better, I'll take you every time. Go on playing God, Hyrum. You're not bad at it. Sometimes you kind of get it right.

My hands are clean, but not because I wasn't prepared to bloody them.

“Did they program brattiness into you?”
“That’s a trait I developed for myself,” she said. “Do you like it?”

Here's the bottom line. I promise you it's entirely legal, and he can't touch you for it. This is how the laws are written. They're designed to protect the fortunes of people as rich as you, while throwing the main tax burden on people in much lower brackets.

“You can afford me,” said Jane. “I’m cheap and you’re rich.”

“Am I hired?”
“There is no legal way you can get me out of paying that much of my taxes.”
“On the contrary, Mr. Wiggin. The tax laws are designed to trick people into paying more than they have to. That way the rich who are in the know get to take advantage of drastic tax breaks, while those who don’t have such good connections and haven’t yet found an accountant who does are tricked into paying ludicrously higher amounts.”

It (i. e., advertising) was like horoscopes—enough blind stabs and some of them are bound to strike a target.

Even in cultures where marriages are arranged by parents, you're never actually forbidden to fall in love with your mate.

What does it matter if, by following my heart, I also fulfill someone else's plan?

“Are all Polish men as arrogant and intrusive and rude as you?”
“Few measure up to my standards, but most try.”

Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted to compliant women.

“My religion,” said Ms. Brown, “is to try to falsify all hypotheses.”