“The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.”

“Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.”

“Everything I’ve ever let go of had claw marks on it.”

“For when the One Great Scorer comes
To mark against your name,
He writes - not that you won or lost -
But HOW you played the Game.

"Alumnus Football”

“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks — on your body or on your heart — are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt.”

“The stars will go out before I forget you, Mark Blackthorn.”

“Buttercup's mother whirled on him. 'Did you forget to pay your taxes?' (This was after taxes. But everything is after taxes. Taxes were here even before stew.)”

“The less you think you are, the more you bear. And if you think you are nothing, you bear everything.”

“[T]he only mark-to-market thing in politics is Election Day; everything else is hot air.”

“Hustlers of the world, there is one Mark you cannot beat: The Mark Inside.”