Citizen Kane

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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