Cigarette Smoking Man

"The weak call it morality; the strong call it strategy."

"Dreams are the luxury of those who have already won."

"Creativity is the art of controlling perception."

"Perseverance is simply refusing to accept defeat."

"Money buys silence, which buys power, which buys immortality."

"Art is propaganda for those with the vision to create it."

"Science without conscience is merely destruction with a purpose."

"Hope is the drug of the defeated."

"Courage is knowing the cost and paying it anyway."

"Beauty masks the darkness we refuse to acknowledge."

"Education teaches compliance, not enlightenment."

"Leadership requires the willingness to stand alone."

"Work is the price of maintaining control."

"Imagination is the prison of the mediocre."

"Politics is the art of making lies sound like truth."

"Wisdom is knowing what you don't know—and exploiting it."

"Friendship is a tactical advantage masquerading as intimacy."

"Family is obligation wearing the mask of love."

"Peace is the interval between wars, nothing more."

"Nature bows to those determined enough to reshape it."

"Music is the manipulation of human emotion through sound."

"Adventure is chaos for those unprepared for consequences."

"The only constant is change, and only the adaptable survive."

"Strength is not in the muscles but in the mind's resolve."

"Gratitude is a weakness we cannot afford."

"Solitude is where true power is forged."

"Inspiration is simply the recognition of opportunity."

"Health is irrelevant compared to the health of one's ambitions."

"Humor is a weapon disguised as laughter."

"Literature preserves the delusions of its era."