“ But you see, said Roark quietly, I have, let’s say, sixty years to live. Most of that time will be spent working. I’ve chosen the work I want to do. If I find no joy in it, then I’m only condemning my… Ayn Rand
“ But we, Equality 7-2521, are glad to be living. If this is a vice, then we wish no virtue. Ayn Rand
“ But a few understand that building is a great symbol we live in our minds, and existence is the attempt to bring that life into physical reality, to state it in gesture and form. For the man who under… Ayn Rand
“ And what is the state but a servant and a convenience for a large number of people, just like the electric light and the plumbing system? And wouldn't it be preposterous to claim that men must exist f… Ayn Rand
“ And now we look upon the earth and sky. This spread of naked rock and peaks and moonlight is like a world ready to be born, a world that waits. It seems to us it asks a sign from us, a spark, a first… Ayn Rand
“ An emotion as such tells you nothing about reality, beyond the fact that something makes you feel something. Without a ruthlessly honest commitment to introspection—to the conceptual identification of… Ayn Rand
“ A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue. A viler evil than to throw a man into a sacrificial furnace, is to demand that he leap in, of his own will, and that he b… Ayn Rand
“ [Dean] My dear fellow, who will let you?[Roark] That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me? Ayn Rand
“ Your subconscious is like a computer—more complex a computer than men can build—and its main function is the integration of your ideas. Who programs it? Your conscious mind. If you default, if you don… Ayn Rand
“ You don't care what others think - which might be understandable. But you don't care even to make them think as you do?No.But that's...that's monstrous.Is it? Probably. I couldn't say. Ayn Rand
“ Why did you decide to be an architect?I didn't know it then. But it's because I've never believed in God.Come on, talk sense.Because I love this earth. That's all I love. I don't like the shape of thi… Ayn Rand
“ When she had gone upstairs, he walked to a window and stood looking up at the sky. His head thrown back, he felt the pull of his throat muscles and he wondered whether the peculiar solemnity of lookin… Ayn Rand
“ When a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law, men who use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims, then money becomes its creators' avenger. Such looters believe it safe to r… Ayn Rand
“ When I die I hope to go to heaven--whatever that is--and I want to be able to afford the price of admission. Ayn Rand
“ Whatever road I take, the guiding star is within me; the guiding star and the loadstone which point the way. They point in but one direction. They point to me. Ayn Rand
“ What's he so damn arrogant about? Just because he made that fortune himself? Does he have to be such a damn snob just because he came from Hell's Kitchen? It isn't other people's fault if they weren't… Ayn Rand
“ What is morality, she asked.Judgement to distinguish right and wrong, vision to see the truth, and courage to act upon it, dedication to that which is good, integrity to stand by the good at any price… Ayn Rand
