Charles Foster Kane

"The greatest tragedy of my life is not what I lost, but what I threw away."

"I've spent so much time trying to be remembered that I forgot to live."

"Perhaps the real Rosebud was never a sled at all."

"I think a man's true measure is not in what he achieves, but in how he treats others."

"I was always chasing tomorrow and never enjoyed today."

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

"You know, Mr. Bernstein, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man."

"I'd like to have seen Vienna before the first World War."

"That's funny, that's very funny."

"I wish you'd look at that skyline, Jedediah - isn't it magnificent?"

"A fellow will remember a lot of things you wouldn't think he'd remember."

"I want the greatest orchestra in the world."

"Love, on the other hand, is something else entirely."

"People will believe anything if you tell them loud enough."

"You're right, I did lose Susan. But I didn't lose her because I was rich."

"Everybody's always said I married for love."

"There are some things Mr. Kane can't buy."

"I've got them all. Pictures, statues, gems - the world's greatest collection."

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

"War is declared - and you furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war."

"Maybe Rosebud means something to somebody."

"The truth is, he invented a lot of things."

"I always gagged on the question 'What do you want to be?'"

"Susan was singing in the bathtub when we first met."

"I never knew what he wanted."

"He was always there to lean on when he wanted you to lean on him."

"A man's life is primarily his own responsibility."

"Don't believe everything you read in the papers."

"I could have been a great man if I had a chance."

"Money's always there; it's not a question of being happy with money."