“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.”

“Sometimes just when I say hello the right way, I'm like, 'Whoa, I'm so cool.'”

“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”

“If I had more time, I would have written you a shorter letter.”

““I’m not going to make it.”—Brand.
“Yes, you are. Yes, you are.”—Cooper”

“Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea.”