Charles Foster Kane

"The saddest thing in the world is to have everything except what you really want."

"I never wanted to hurt anyone - I only wanted to matter."

"A man's legacy is what he leaves behind, not what he takes with him."

"I think I was a good publisher, even if I wasn't a good man."

"The world doesn't care what you wanted to be - only what you are."

"I've spent my life building empires, but I never learned how to build a home."

"You know what's funny? The things we think matter the most matter the least."

"I wanted to change the world, but all I changed was myself."

"Power is a lonely master, and I've been lonely for a long time."

"Every man has a Rosebud - something he lost that he can never get back."

"I don't think I ever had a real friend."

"The truth about me is far less interesting than the myths."

"I wanted to build monuments, but monuments don't love you back."

"You know, I think every man has a moment when he could have been great."

"I've always believed that the pen is mightier than the sword."

"The greatest discovery I ever made was that I couldn't buy happiness."

"I think I was happier when I had nothing."

"Susan, you're a beautiful woman, but you're not the woman I loved."

"I've often wondered what my life would have been if I'd made different choices."

"The only thing I ever truly wanted was to be remembered."

"I was a poor boy who became a rich man, but I never became happy."

"You can have everything in the world, but it means nothing without someone to share it with."

"I think the problem was that I loved myself more than I loved anyone else."

"A man's greatest strength is knowing his greatest weakness."

"I've learned that the pursuit of power often leads to the loss of self."

"The saddest words a man can hear are: 'You could have been.'"

"I wanted to be a hero in the eyes of others, but a villain in my own."

"The world is what you make it, but sometimes we make it for all the wrong reasons."

"I believe that a man is only as good as his word and his work."

"Sometimes I wonder if I ever really knew what I wanted."