Cal Hockley

"I have all the money I need, and all the power I need. What I want now is you."

"A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets."

"I paid for a first-class passage, and I intend to enjoy it."

"You are of no use to me dead."

"I make my own luck in this world."

"Wealth is power, and power commands respect."

"I control the future, not the other way around."

"A man of my position has certain... obligations."

"Beauty is a commodity, like everything else."

"I don't concern myself with the opinions of peasants."

"One does not simply walk away from Cal Hockley."

"Your hand is mine now, Rose. Don't forget it."

"I built my empire on knowing what men want."

"Fear is for the weak and unprepared."

"Education is merely a tool for the ambitious."

"Art is only valuable if it belongs to the right man."

"I've never failed at anything I've set my mind to."

"History will remember Cal Hockley as a man of consequence."

"Money solves every problem known to mankind."

"Time is merely currency to be spent wisely."

"I am the architect of my own destiny."

"Sentiment is a luxury the powerful cannot afford."

"I will have what I want, always."

"Love is a transaction like any other."

"A man of breeding understands the value of control."

"The world bends to those with the will to bend it."

"I've acquired everything worth acquiring in this world."

"Weakness disgusts me more than poverty."

"I make decisions that alter the course of nations."

"Your dreams are quaint, but reality belongs to me."