Once you duct-tape a Ziploc bag to a man's chest, there's no going back. Orson Scott Card More Quotes by Orson Scott Card More Quotes From Orson Scott Card You're a monster. Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise? No, just a medal. The budget isn't inexhaustable. Orson Scott Card doemonstersmean If you give orders and explain nothing, you might get obedience, but you'll get no creativity. If you tell them your purpose, then when your original plan is shown to be faulty, they'll find another way to achieve your goal. Explaining to your men doesn't weaken their respect for you, it proves your respect for them. Orson Scott Card creativitymenorder All the common people want is to be left alone. All the ordinary soldier wants is to collect his pay and not get killed. That's why the great forces of history can be manipulated by astonishingly small groups of determined people. Orson Scott Card groupssoldierpeople Let me be loved like that, by a man who will not replace me with concubines when I'm old and ugly. Let me be loved by a man who loves God more than me. Orson Scott Card uglygod-lovemen Since when do you have to tell the enemy when he has won? Orson Scott Card enderenders-gameenemy An enemy, Ender Wiggin," whispered the old man. "I am your enemy, the first one you've ever had who was smarter than you. There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. I am your enemy from now on. From now on I am your teacher. Orson Scott Card strongteachermen When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other person doesn't yet know that he needs your wisdom you keep it to yourself. Food only looks good to a hungry man. Orson Scott Card givingmenneeds The society whose citizens are willing to stand and fight is the one with the best chance of surviving long enough for history to even notice. Orson Scott Card citizensfightinglong The only way to retrieve a secret,once known, is to replace it with a lie. Orson Scott Card secretlyingway Grief,she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss. Orson Scott Card griefloss there were crimes and quarrels, alongside kindness and cooperation; there were people who loved each other and people who did not; it was a human world. Orson Scott Card kindnesspeopleworld Andrew said you were the best person he ever knew." "He reached that conclusion before he saw me raise three barbarian children to adulthood. I understand your mother has six." "Right." "And you're the oldest." "Yes." "That's too bad. Parents always make their worst mistakes with the oldest children. That's when parents know the least and care the most, so they're more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they're right. Orson Scott Card mothermistakechildren We care about moral issues, nobility, decency, happiness, goodness—the issues that matter in the real world, but which can only be addressed, in their purity, in fiction. Orson Scott Card issuesrealfiction Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping your courage and corrupting your judgment. Orson Scott Card luxurycouragelove-is No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins. Orson Scott Card life-lessonheartmen You who speak languages, you are such liars. Orson Scott Card languageliarslying When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence. Let it be the most obvious fabrication and you will still believe whatever truth is in it, because you can not deny truth no matter how shabbily it is dressed. Orson Scott Card storiesbelieveart Individual human beings are all tools, that the others use to help us all survive.” “That’s a lie.” “No. It’s just a half truth. You can worry about the other half after we win this war. Orson Scott Card winningwarlying Maybe that's all demons ever are. People like us, doing things without even knowing what we're doing. Orson Scott Card demonknowingpeople I looked for perfection, and I found something better. Orson Scott Card something-betterperfectionfound
