Cigarette Smoking Man

"Kindness is a calculated investment in future leverage."

"The truth will only set you free if you're strong enough to handle it."

"Those who seek absolute answers are destined for disappointment."

"Power corrupts, but absolute power refines."

"Every person has a breaking point; I simply find it."

"Cigarettes are not a habit; they are a discipline."

"Control is the only freedom that matters."

"The dead cannot challenge authority."

"Silence is the ultimate form of power."

"Loyalty is currency among those with nothing else to trade."

"Time destroys all things; those who control time destroy nations."

"A comfortable life is the death of ambition."

"Fear is the bridge between obedience and submission."

"Innovation is simply evolution accelerated by necessity."

"The past is prologue written by the victors."

"Acceptance is the beginning of servitude."

"What you don't know can be used against you perfectly."

"Happiness purchased is happiness wasted."

"Betrayal is most effective when it comes from those you trust."

"The only revolution that succeeds is the one no one sees coming."

"Sacrifice is the vocabulary of those seeking immortality."

"War begins in the heart before it reaches the battlefield."

"Dreams deferred become debts owed to oneself."

"Beauty is nature's most efficient method of distraction."

"Education teaches you how to think; power teaches you what to think."

"Creativity without control is merely chaos."

"Every action is a sacrifice of an alternative future."

"Perseverance is stubbornness masquerading as virtue."

"Money is solidified power in its most portable form."

"The greatest art is invisible until it is too late to stop."