“ The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossibl… Ayn Rand
“ So I want to say that of all the people I have known, you are the only person I regret leaving behind. Ayn Rand
“ She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness... Ayn Rand
“ It's said that the worst thing one can do to a man is to kill his self-respect. But that's not true. Self-respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it. Ayn Rand
“ Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasn’t done for others. There is no substitute for personal dignity. Ayn Rand
“ If you want my advice, Peter, you've made a mistake already. By asking me. By asking anyone. Never ask people. Not about your work. Don't you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know? Ayn Rand
“ If some men attempt to survive by means of brute force or fraud, by looting, robbing, cheating or enslaving the men who produce, it still remains true that their survival is made possible only by thei… Ayn Rand
“ I stand here on the summit of the mountain. I lift my head and I spread my arms. This, my body and spirit, this is the end of the quest. I wished to know the meaning of things. I am the meaning. I wis… Ayn Rand
“ I like to receive money for my work. But I can pass that up this time. I like to have people know my work is done by me. But I can pass that up. I like to have tenants made happy by my work. But that… Ayn Rand
“ Hence the sterile, uninspiring futility of a great many theoretical discussions of ethics, and the resentment which many people feel towards such discussions: moral principles remain in their minds as… Ayn Rand
“ Hank, this is great.Yes.He said it simply, openly. There was no flattered pleasure in his voice, and no modesty. This, she knew, was a tribute to her, the rarest one person could pay another: the trib… Ayn Rand
“ But I don’t understand. Why do you want me to think that this is great architecture? He pointed to the picture of the Parthenon.That, said the Dean, is the Parthenon.- So it is.- I haven’t the time to… Ayn Rand
“ A right doesn't include the material implementation of that right by other men;it includes only the freedom to earn that implementation by one's own effort. Ayn Rand
“ A building has integrity, just as a man and just as seldom! It must be true to its own idea, have its own form, and serve its own purpose!. Ayn Rand
“ To demand 'sense' is the hallmark of nonsense. Nature does not make sense. Nothing makes sense. Ayn Rand
“ Art is inextricably tied to man's survival - not to his physical survival, but to that on which his physical survival depends: to the preservation and survival of his consciousness. Ayn Rand
