“What I described last,” said Francisco, “is any man who proclaims his right to a single penny of another man’s effort.” — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I swearby my life and my love of itthat I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Love, friendship, respect, admiration are the emotional response of one man to the virtues of another, the spiritual payment given in exchange… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
You still love me - even if there's one expression of it that you will always feel and want, but will not… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“As a basic step of self-esteem, learn to treat as the mark of a cannibal any man’s demand for your help. To… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Miss Taggart, do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement. Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Do you know the hallmark of a second rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement. Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live--that productive work is the process by… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation , an unrewarded duty or an involuntary servitude on another man.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“to cheat your way into a job bigger than your mind can handle is to become a fear-corroded ape on borrowed motions… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
She watched the prairies the rivers, the towns slipping past at an untouchable distance below - and she noted that the sense of detachment… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“This was reality, she thought, this sense of clear outlines, of purpose, of lightness, of hope.” — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A “collective” mind does not exist. It is merely the sum of endless numbers of individual minds. If we have an endless number of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“She moved her hand and let it rest against his. He did not withdraw his fingers and he did not pretend indifference. She bent… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use, and mine to kneel before. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“There was still one response, the greatest, that she had missed. She thought: To find a feeling that would hold, as their sum, as… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“She was fifteen when it occurred to her for the first time that women did not run railroads and that people might object. To… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
