"I'm on TV! I gotta call my folks!"

"*to Okita, who tells him that he should take his job more seriously* Shall I put you to sleep, ingrate?"

— Hijikata Toushirou · Gintama

"Some lies are necessary for giving children dreams."

— Shimura Tae · Gintama

"A prison, you say? You think you'll be free if you go to the world above? A girl like you can never be free no matter where you go. After all, we humans are apes put in a cage called Earth. There is no difference between the world above and the world below. The only difference is which is bigger or smaller. People who pout about how confining the cage is can never be happy. They live their lives only seeing the iron bars. A true lack of freedom is when you cage your soul."

— Gintama · Gintama

"[after hitting Kagura with his motor scooter, Gintoki looks inside a vending machine slot] D-don't worry. A-all we have to do is find a t-t-time machine."

— Gintoki Sakata · Gintama

"Unfortunately, I don't have a nice eyeball like you, that can see this and that. All I can do to pursue one thing in front of me. So whether it's the abyss of death or an empty void, I won't fight for the manju offered to my grave. I'll fight for tomorrow's breakfast. That's all."

— 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