Since when do you have to tell the enemy when he has won? Orson Scott Card More Quotes by Orson Scott Card More Quotes From Orson Scott Card Debased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness. Orson Scott Card hypocrisydressesmen A good working definition of fanaticism is that you are so convinced of your views and policies that you are sure that anyone who opposed them must be either stupid and decieved or have some ulterior motive. We are today a nation where almost everyone in the public eye displays fanaticism with every utterance. Orson Scott Card eyestupidviews I think that a good person can sometimes do wrong out of ignorance or weakness or wrong thinking, but when hard times come, the goodness wins out after all. And a bad person can often seem good and trustworthy for a long time, but when hard times come, the evil in him gets revealed. Orson Scott Card hard-timesignorancewinning I don't know why people who got what they need to be happy don't just go ahead and be happy. Orson Scott Card knowspeopleneeds The Maker is the one who is part of what he makes. Orson Scott Card makers I own the whole world, and folks haven't been keeping up too well on the payments. Orson Scott Card folkspaymentworld The problem with elections is that anybody who wants an office badly enough to run for it probably shouldn’t have it. And anybody who does not want an office badly enough to run for it probably shouldn’t have it, either. Government office should be received like a child’s Christmas present, with surprise and delight. Instead it is usually received like a diploma, an anticlimax that never seems worth the struggle to earn it. Orson Scott Card strugglerunningchildren Twisted and perverse are the ways of the human mind," Jane intoned. "Pinocchio was such a dolt to try to become a real boy. He was much better off with a wooden head. Orson Scott Card realmindboys History is an omlette. THe eggs are already broken. Orson Scott Card eggsbroken Doesn't it make you wonder about your own sexual identity, not to mention your sanity, that the two women you love are, respectively, a virtual woman existing only in the transient ansible connections between computers and a woman whose soul is in fact that of a man who is the husband of your mother? Orson Scott Card husbandmothermen Please don't disillusion me. I haven't had breakfast yet. Orson Scott Card disillusionpleasebreakfast Today, Mr. Darcy is a vampire. Orson Scott Card darcyvampiretoday Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me—to find out what you're good for. We might both do despicable things, Ender, but if humankind survives, then we were good tools. Orson Scott Card toolshumanityneeds I don't care if I pass your test, I don't care if I follow your rules. If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly - I'll beat you unfairly first. - Ender Orson Scott Card testscarefirsts We were all fated to die, and so it is good that at least we can be sure our deaths today might bring about a good end, might make the world a better place. Orson Scott Card mighttodayworld She will look at you as women look at men, and she will judge you as a woman judge men, not on the strength of their arguments, and not in their cleverness or prowess in battle, but rather on the force of their character, the intensity of their passion, their strength of soul, their compassion, and... ah, this above all... their conversation. Orson Scott Card passioncharactermen If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault. Orson Scott Card motivational-worksuccessinspirational My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer. Orson Scott Card gunnext-weekbook Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it. Orson Scott Card ulyssesintellectualfall Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books. Orson Scott Card behaviorlawbook
