“Always listen to what others has to say, but at last you are the one who should decide. ”

“I'll not listen to reason...Reason always means what some one else has got to say.”

“There have always been people like you, Nicholas Flamel. People who think they know what's best, who decide what people should see and read and listen to, who ultimately try to shape how the rest of the world think and acts. I've spent my entire life fighting the likes of you.”

“If anybody thinks they should listen to me because I'm a professor at MIT, that's nonsense. You should decide whether something makes sense by its content, not by the letters after the name of the person who says it.”

“Always have something to say. The man who has something to say and who is known never to speak unless he has, is sure to be listened to.”

“I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.”