"And you know what's so good about the truth? Everyone knows what it is, however long they've lived without it. No one forgets the truth…they just get better at lying."
"Pain is your friend. Your ally. It will tell you when you are seriously injured. It will keep you awake, and angry, and remind you to finish the job and get the hell home. But you know the best thing about pain? It lets you know you're not dead yet."
Viggo Mortensen as Master Chief John James Urgayle
"We're using our military to ensure the flow of oil, we're using tax dollars to support the car companies in different ways, and we're not using our tax money to do the things that we really need to do to prepare for the future."
"There are people who go after your humanity…, that tell you that the light in your heart is a weakness. Don't believe it. It's an old tactic of cruel people to kill kindness in the name of virtue. There's nothing wrong with love."
"This is no longer a nation of independent individuals. It's a nation of some two-hundred-odd million transistorized, deodorized, whiter-than-white, steel-belted bodies totally unnecessary as human beings, and as replaceable as piston rods."
"The problem is, most people want to be the same. They find it easier to simply ignore this fundamental aspect of the human condition. They're so eager to be part of the group, that they'll betray their own nature to get there."
"I always think, if I could just accept the fact that my life is supposed to be difficult. You know, that's what's to be expected, then I might not get so pissed off about it, and I could just be glad when something nice happens."
"Go live a life. Fill yourself up. Find out what’s important, earn a point of view. Earn a point of view. Then come back when you’ve got something to say."
"I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone."