Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are

Alas! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now?

I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them ... a world without rules or controls, borders or boundaries. A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.

Unfortunately, no one can be told what The Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.

Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.

You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.

I am Jack's smirking revenge.

I drink, therefore I am.

Eh? know what I mean? Know what I mean? Nudge, nudge! Know what I mean? Say no more!

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter

The true power of knowledge lies in the ability to apply it

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

If you wish to be happy for one hour, get drunk.

If you wish to be happy for three days, get married.

If you wish to be happy for a month, kill your pig and eat it.

If you wish to be happy forever, learn to fish.

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot

Women are like teabags; you never know their strength until they're in hot water

It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty will be charged to dangers, real or imagined, from abroad

We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire

The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then

It's not the winning or taking part that's important, it's the making sure the French don't get anything from it.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

Microsoft is to operating systems & security ... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.