"When a woman says something's cute, a ma…" — Gintoki Sakata Quote

"Do you really intend to lose even more of your friends for something like that? I'll pass on that. As long as I'm alive, I'll live by my own rules. I'll live as I see fit and protect that which I hold dear."

— Gintoki Sakata · Gintama

"You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you."

— Gintoki Sakata · Gintama

"The country? the skies? You can have them. I'm busy just protecting what's right in front of me. I don't know what'll happen to me in the future, but if something has fallen at my feet, then the least I can do is pick it up."

— Gintoki Sakata · Gintama

"I just... ...want to make the woman I love happy."

— Hijikata Toushirou · Gintama

"[after the client asks Shinpachi, Kagura and Ayame to get him stronger] Well, whatever. At any rate, raise his hit points another hundred or so."

— Gintoki Sakata · Gintama

"It's often said, "People who are similar can be called friends", right? You haven't been making a good life for yourself, have you? Well, I guess I'm no better.. People don't try to make a life that they can't be proud of... They have the intention of staying on the straight path, but out of blue, they're in the dirt. But, even so, with heart and soul you try to brake through. There will be a day, that even dirt will dry and fall off. (Gintoki to Catherine Gintama chapter 24 page 19"")"

— Gintoki Sakata · Gintama