Don’t win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
That's the problem with winning right from the start, thought Ender. you lose friends. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The world is always a democracy in times of flux, and the man with the best voice will win. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I have to win this now, and for all time, or I’ll fight it every day and it will get worse and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
But I fear that I also underestimate the stupidity of the rest of mankind. Are we absolutely sure that we ought to… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Individual human beings are all tools, that the others use to help us all survive.” “That’s a lie.” “No. It’s just a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
But if you caught my informant,' said Achilles, 'why in the world would Chamrajnagar—or Graff, if it was him—launch the shuttle anyway?… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it weren't for his honor, he and the others would have… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I think that a good person can sometimes do wrong out of ignorance or weakness or wrong thinking, but when hard times… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Humanity does not ask to be happy.It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, and then happiness as… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
You want to beat Peter?" she asked "No," he answered "Beat the buggers. Then come home and see who notices Peter Wiggen… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Do you know why Satan is so angry all the time? Because whenever he works a particularly clever bit of mischief God… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Why did he hesitate? He finally admitted to himself that he was like an American child who was almost completely certain about Santa Claus,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I don't know of a soul who doesn't maintain two separate lists of doctrines - the ones they believe they believe; and the ones… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of contemporary literature.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets. This was the Third Invasion. There were no games,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image