Charles Foster Kane

"The sled meant more than all the kingdoms I built."

"I am, always have been, and always will be only one thing - an American."

"You know, Mr. Thatcher, at first I thought money was the most important thing in life. Later I thought it was power. But it's neither - it's love."

"A man's life is his work, and nothing else matters if the work is great."

"I think it would be fun to run a newspaper."

"The things you own end up owning you."

"I'd like to have seen it."

"There are only two things that money can't buy: youth and happiness."

"A wish to serve the public interest."

"You see, I've been lied to before."

"We are the machinery of democracy."

"All I ever wanted was to make people understand."

"Power isn't everything - but it's something."

"I believe in all of the principles of American democracy."

"If the headline is big enough, it makes the news big enough."

"Rosebud."

"Don't you think I was a pretty good newspaper man?"

"I have done everything I could to make my wife happy."

"The commonest thing is to be a success at something."

"I never wanted to be a great man - just a happy one."

"Try the veal. It's very good."

"I've got to have you all to myself."

"You made an awful lot of money, didn't you?"

"If I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man."

"Susan, I want you to know I'm going to be a bigger success in the future than I ever was in the past."

"A man might see a lot if he keeps his eyes open."

"I think I understand you."

"Maybe I'm just getting cynical in my old age."

"The true greatness of a man is measured by what he builds, not what he owns."

"I have always believed that a man's word is his bond."