They prayed for it, they want it, but when they got it, they complained.
Orson Scott Card
Human Nature, Satisfaction, Desire, Irony, Expectations, Ingratitude
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“Parents always make their worst mistakes with their oldest children. That's when parents know the least and care the most, so they're more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they're right.” Orson Scott Card
Parenting, Mistakes, Learning, Stubbornness, Care, Family Dynamics
Orson Scott Card Parenting, Mistakes, Learning, Stubbornness, Care, Family Dynamics“If it isn't a wonderful story first, who cares how "important" it is?” Orson Scott Card
Storytelling, Importance, Quality, Priority, Narrative Value, Literary Merit
Orson Scott Card Storytelling, Importance, Quality, Priority, Narrative Value, Literary Merit“What a waste of time to be posthumously famous.” Orson Scott Card
Fame, Mortality, Legacy, Priorities, Wasted Effort, Posthumous Recognition
Orson Scott Card Fame, Mortality, Legacy, Priorities, Wasted Effort, Posthumous Recognition“You underestimate yourself.” Orson Scott Card
Potential, Confidence, Encouragement, Self Doubt, Personal Growth, Self Perception
Orson Scott Card Potential, Confidence, Encouragement, Self Doubt, Personal Growth, Self Perception“My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.” Orson Scott Card
Preferences, Literature, Change, Indecision, Reading Habits, Personal Taste
Orson Scott Card Preferences, Literature, Change, Indecision, Reading Habits, Personal Taste“No point in getting emotional about anything. Being emotional didn't help with survival. What mattered was to learn everything, analyze the situation, choose a course of action, and then move boldly. Know, think, choose, do.” Orson Scott Card
Emotions, Survival, Analysis, Action, Decision-making, Pragmatic Philosophy
Orson Scott Card Emotions, Survival, Analysis, Action, Decision-making, Pragmatic Philosophy“The only people who ever prize purity of ignorance are those who profit from a monopoly on knowledge.” Orson Scott Card
Ignorance, Knowledge, Power, Profit, Intellectual Monopoly, Social Control
Orson Scott Card Ignorance, Knowledge, Power, Profit, Intellectual Monopoly, Social Control“All the common people want is to be left alone. All the ordinary soldier wants is to collect his pay and not get killed. That's why the great forces of history can be manipulated by astonishingly small groups of determined people.” Orson Scott Card
History, Manipulation, Power, Ordinary People, Ambition, Social Dynamics
Orson Scott Card History, Manipulation, Power, Ordinary People, Ambition, Social Dynamics“The only way to learn is by changing your mind.” Orson Scott Card
Learning, Change, Growth, Open-mindedness, Intellectual Flexibility, Personal Development
Orson Scott Card Learning, Change, Growth, Open-mindedness, Intellectual Flexibility, Personal Development“Two faces of the same coin. And I am the metal in between.” Orson Scott Card
Duality, Identity, Balance, Perspective, Inner Conflict, Hidden Essence
Orson Scott Card Duality, Identity, Balance, Perspective, Inner Conflict, Hidden Essence“Human beings may be miserable specimens, in the main, but we can learn, and, through learning, become decent people.” Orson Scott Card
Humanity, Learning, Growth, Morality, Optimism, Self-improvement
Orson Scott Card Humanity, Learning, Growth, Morality, Optimism, Self-improvement“We don't read novels to have an experience like life. Heck, we're living lives, complete with all the incompleteness. We turn to fiction to have an author assure us that it means something.” Orson Scott Card
Fiction, Meaning, Life, Reading, Literary Purpose, Existential Comfort
Orson Scott Card Fiction, Meaning, Life, Reading, Literary Purpose, Existential Comfort“It's a stupid leader who can't turn follower when somebody offers him a wiser course.” Orson Scott Card
Leadership, Wisdom, Flexibility, Humility, Strategic Thinking, Personal Growth
Orson Scott Card Leadership, Wisdom, Flexibility, Humility, Strategic Thinking, Personal Growth“I taught you everything you know. But I didn't teach you everything I know.” Orson Scott Card
Knowledge, Teaching, Wisdom, Secrets, Mentorship, Personal Growth
Orson Scott Card Knowledge, Teaching, Wisdom, Secrets, Mentorship, Personal Growth“Personal humiliation was painful. Humiliation of one's family was much worse. Humiliation of one's social status was agony to bear. But humiliation of one's nation was the most excruciating of human miseries.” Orson Scott Card
Humiliation, Family, Society, Nation, Personal Pride, Social Hierarchy
Orson Scott Card Humiliation, Family, Society, Nation, Personal Pride, Social Hierarchy“If you did not in your own mind distinguish between useful and erroneous information, then you were not learning at all, you were merely replacing ignorance with false belief, which was no improvement.” Orson Scott Card
Learning, Information, Ignorance, Belief, Critical Thinking, False Knowledge
Orson Scott Card Learning, Information, Ignorance, Belief, Critical Thinking, False Knowledge“The world is always a democracy in times of flux, and the man with the best voice will win.” Orson Scott Card
Democracy, Change, Leadership, Persuasion, Power, Social Dynamics
Orson Scott Card Democracy, Change, Leadership, Persuasion, Power, Social Dynamics“While you're governing the colony and I'm writing political philosophy, They'll never guess that in the darkness of night we sneak into each other's room and play checkers and have pillow fights.” Orson Scott Card
Duality, Secret Life, Playfulness, Public Persona, Private Joy, Unexpected Behavior
Orson Scott Card Duality, Secret Life, Playfulness, Public Persona, Private Joy, Unexpected Behavior“Just because the only way you can maintain control over your bodily passions is to sit straight in your chair, knees together, hands delicately arranged in our lap, fingers tightly intertwined, does not mean that I am required to do the same.” Orson Scott Card
Control, Passion, Individuality, Conformity, Self Expression, Social Norms
Orson Scott Card Control, Passion, Individuality, Conformity, Self Expression, Social Norms“I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many values that I hold to be important to America's role as a light among nations. But there are no values that matter to me that will not be gravely endangered if we lose this war.” Orson Scott Card
Politics, War, Values, America, National Identity, Moral Priorities
Orson Scott Card Politics, War, Values, America, National Identity, Moral Priorities