“Multiple species, with multiple viewpoints and racial philosophies, simply cannot hold power together for long. The dominant voice must certainly be wise enough to adopt ideas and methods from its allies and member peoples. But there must be a dominant voice, or there is only chaos. In this part of the galaxy, that voice is the Empire."-Thrawn”

“...But we will succeed. I've seen the future, Jorj. We will succeed, because we have no other choice."-Thrawn”

“When you understand a species' art, you understand that species.”

“I had a plan, all right, ... I was also pretty sure no one on my list of allies was going to like it.”

“Governments and entire planets are important, Threepio. But when you sift everything down, they're all just made of people.”

“I've found that what most people call luck is often little more than raw talent combined with the ability to make the most of opportunities. (Talon Karrde)”

“How many black holes have we been up close and personal with?" Kosta countered. "All sorts of odd things happen near the event horizon, from huge tidal forces to variations in time. Personally, I'm voting on it having to do with gravity, either a polarization of the fields themselves or else something related to the time differential."I didn't know physics had become a democracy," Hanan murmered.”