“Now you've opened your mouth, do you expect me to lose interest?”

“Open your mind before your mouth”

“It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.”

“You can fight and lose but if you do nothing, you've already lost.”

“When your heart's not open you can't see what you've got.”

“It is indeed a great interest, the conservation of your colonies, but even that interest is connected with your constitution; and the supreme interest of the nation and of the colonies themselves is that you conserve your liberty and do not overturn the foundations of that liberty with your own hands. Faugh! Perish your colonies, if you are keeping them at that price. Yes, if you had either to lose your colonies, or to lose your happiness, your glory, your liberty, I would repeat: perish your colonies.”

“Open your mouth wide
A universal sigh”

“Your mind creates your reality. If you expect nothing, you open up the universe to give you options. If you expect the worst, you usually get it.”

“You do not think much of me, do you, Cogburn?
I don't think about you at all when your mouth is closed.”

“Tis better people think you a fool, then open your mouth and erase all doubt.”