“To me justice doesn't mean looking for the criminals. It means looking for the innocent.”

“McLeavy: I'm innocent. (A little unsure of himself, the beginnings of panic) Doesn't that mean anything to you?”

“It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you.”

“It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.”

“Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.”

“Look, Maria. I know what you're thinking. I don't bring girls that look like you home to the Palace of Wisdom. But that doesn't mean you can't dream about it.”

“Superheroes reflect our human desire to give meaning to our lives by protecting the innocents, upholding justice, and mitigating existential threats.”

“And if I was found to be good for two awards, it doesn't mean I should be given just one just to make the awards look more democratic.”

“A star looks down at me,
And says: "Here I and you
Stand each in our degree:
What do you mean to do,—
Mean to do?"”

“To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.”