"She's strong! And scary...I bet she's single...I'd put money on it...
-Kabuto"
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 18: Tsunade's Choice)

"When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become....... as strong as they can be."
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 21: Pursuit)

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto)

"Shut up or I'll kill you."
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 4: The New Opponents)

""Believe it!!!" Naruto yelled."
— Masashi Kishimoto

""Sure, in a ninja's world, those who violate the rules and fail to follow orders......are lower than garbage. However...those who do not care for and support their fellows......are even lower than that!" - Obito Uchiha"
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 27: Departure)

""Even the sweetest girl needs a hard center, or she's not gonna make it out there!!" - Sakura"
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 9: Turning The Tables)

"Dattebyo!!!"
— Masashi Kishimoto

"I keep thinking Naruto... That one of these days your going to finally grow up!"
— Masashi Kishimoto

"I call this one the Ninja Center-fold! ~ Naruto"
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 1: The Tests of the Ninja)

"Sakura: Never figured you for the artistic type.
Sai: Looks can be decieving."
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 32)

"That's my Shinobi Way"
— Masashi Kishimoto

""There is only one will and that is the Will of Fire. The will that doesn't let you give up""
— Masashi Kishimoto

"The most important talent for a shinobi is not the numberof jutsu. The important thing is... HAVING THE GUTS TO NEVER GIVE UP."
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 19: Successor)

""What a drag""
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 25: Brothers)

"And so they fought. And so they laughed. Friends. Before they knew it, they were inseperable...."
— Masashi Kishimoto

"So that's it? Your just going to give up?! After everything that has happened, your not going to even try?! You still don't know..... what truly matters...."
— Masashi Kishimoto

"Joy, happiness, are hopes and our dreams.... A place of peace and harmony... that's the kind of land I invision."
— Masashi Kishimoto

"I never go back on my word! That's my nindo, my ninja way!"
— Masashi Kishimoto

"Including a mention of your impressive record....The man who had penetrated and copied over a thousand techniques.. Kakashi the mirror ninja."
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 2: The Worst Client)

"Got to keep thatin mind. I'm a ninja now... I swore I'd never freeze up or run away again... AND I WON'T...!"
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 2: The Worst Client)

"Hey...You.. What's life without eyebrows, freak? Got a new listing for your bingo book right here!! A guyis going to be the next lord hokage of Konohagakure village. Uzumaki Naruto! Konoha-school NINJA!"
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 2: The Worst Client)

"The weaker you are the louder you bark.
-Tenten"
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto)

"When I look up to the sky between the narrow roofs, it reminds me of you, the one who is far, far away."
— Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 23: Predicament)

"There is only one will and that is the Will of Fire. the will that never let's you give up"
— Masashi Kishimoto

"Looks can be decieving"
— Masashi Kishimoto

"''There's only one thing that can heal the heart... Only one... It's love, Gaara.''
-Yashamaru (Gaara's babysitter)"
— Masashi Kishimoto

"For awhile, I thought that was love.
-Gaara"
— Masashi Kishimoto

"To them I'm simply an object from the past that they wish will disappear Then why do I exist? Why am I alive? When I thought about this I could find no answer. But as you live you need a reason otherwise it's the same as being dead, I then came to this conclusion I exist to kill every human besides myself. Fighting only for yourself living while only loving yourself If you think that everybody else simply exist to allow you to experience that feeling nothing is better then that world. As long as there are people in this world for me to kill and continue to feel that joy of living my existence will not vanish...
"
— Masashi Kishimoto

"Gaara: Can Sasuke come out to Die?
Kakashi: Not Now.
Gaara:.............
Gaara: How 'bout now?
"
— Masashi Kishimoto

"Now there's something I understand a little better. Hate, sadness, even joy. to be able to share it with another person...Naruto Uzumaki from fighting him i learned that. he knew pain like i did and then he taught me that you can change your path. I wish that one day i can be needed by someone. Not as a frightening weapon...But as the sand's Kazekage...
"
— Masashi Kishimoto

"Naruto: I bet you're dying to know my name!
Gaara: I couldn't care less."
— Masashi Kishimoto

"I took the life of the woman I was supposed to call mother in the process of being born... in order to become the world's strongest shinobi... an incarnation of sand was implanted inside of me...
"
— Masashi Kishimoto

"It's nothing that complicated, I just want to kill him
-Gaara"
— Masashi Kishimoto

"Well.. Is that all you've got?.. I hope not..cuz you haven't finished entertaining me yet..
-Gaara to Rock Lee during the Chunin preliminary"
— Masashi Kishimoto