“Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.”

“Now you're looking for the secret, but you won't find it...because you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled.”

“Either you die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.”

“The thing you fail to grasp is that people are not basically good. We are basically selfish. We shove and clamour and cry for adoration, and beat down everyone else to get it. Life is a competition of prattling peacocks enraptured in inane mating rituals. But for all our effacing and self-importance, we are all slaves to what we fear most. You have so very much to learn. Here. Let me teach you.”

“I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world's still there. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)”

“ARTHUR: It'd have to be a 747.COBB: Why?ARTHUR: On a 747 the pilots are up above, first class is in the nose so nobody walks through the cabin. We'd have to buy out the whole cabin, and the first class flight attendant-SAITO: We bought the airline.Everyone turns to Saito.SAITO: It seemed... neater.”

“Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation, they're not a record, and they're irrelevant if you have the facts. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)”