Charles Foster Kane

From: Citizen Kane

371 quotes

"Maybe success is just the ultimate failure."
Success
"I learned that money can't buy what matters most."
Wisdom
"Every choice we make closes a thousand doors."
"I was a man of contradictions - wanting to be loved but incapable of love."
"The greatest invention isn't what we build - it's what we believe."
Faith
"In the end, we're all just searching for that one thing that made us feel alive."
"I am, by any practical definition of the words, a failure."
Truth
"You know, Mr. Thatcher never made much money."
Money
"A man's life is his life. It doesn't belong to the public."
Freedom
"I think it would be fun to run a newspaper."
Dreams
"We did it together, didn't we?"
Friendship
"You're right, I'm not a religious man."
Faith
"The only reason I ever ran for governor was to be President."
Power
"I've got a pretty good memory."
"Your husband is a dangerous man."
Leadership
"It's no trick to make a lot of money if all you want to do is make a lot of money."
Success
"And now here he was at forty-three, old enough to have learned the facts of life."
Wisdom
"I think I'd like to run for governor."
"Don't you think I'm a pretty good American?"
Politics
"It might be fun to try."
Adventure
"There's nothing to it. All you do is have fun."
Happiness
"She doesn't love me."
Love
"If I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man."
"You know, Mr. Leland, I could have made a difference."
Hope
"I've been in love too."
"That's the story of how Charles Foster Kane lost his empire."
History
"I didn't always live in a palace."
Change
"Rosebud means more to me than you might think."
"I run the newspapers. All the papers."
Power
"You know what the hell I am? I'm scared."
Fear