When I was younger, I was drawn to Ayn Rand books and other works of fiction celebrating individualism. — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
I tend to really be partial to Ayn Rand, and to The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
If Ayn Rand were an up-and-coming author today, she wouldn't write about steel or railroads, it would be Net Neutrality. — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
“It is not in a woman's best interest to rule man. I don't believe any good women would want that position." -… — Brooke Bida Copy Share Image
I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Every stylish man should have a copy of 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand on his bookshelf. — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
To say I love you one must know first how to say the I. Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Saint Petersburg in revolt gave us Vladimir Nabokov, Isaiah Berlin, and Ayn Rand. The first was a novelist, the second a philosopher.… — Corey Robin Copy Share Image
Can someone explain the vitriol whenever Ayn Rand comes up? 'Atlas' is the greatest motivator for the individual that I can imagine. — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
“By New Year’s Eve I was mired in the kind of existential funk that leads people to find Jesus, or the Paleo… — David Litt Copy Share Image
If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
I've always been influenced by the human form. I'm a big fan of that Shakespeare quote. I tend to leave out the… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
“Paull has his own style, which is folksy, not canned. Religion? He's got one. His prophet's Ayn Rand. By Rand's eerie theories… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
I think Republicans need to have their staffers reading less Ayn Rand and having them read Dr. Viktor Frankl's Man's Search For… — Rob Zerban Copy Share Image
If the 2020 election comes down to the courts, Joe Biden is going to lose. Full stop. As I pointed out before,… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
The difference between neoliberalism and fascism or Nazism or other forms of totalitarianism is that it takes questions of ideology seriously. It… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
What makes the Southern Poverty Law Center particularly odious is its habit of taking legitimate conservatives and jumbling them with genuine hate… — Don Feder Copy Share Image
“Yet, as Ayn Rand’s philosophy entered his world, a turning point followed—a moment of revelation that shifted both his thinking and allegiance.… — Laurence Galian Copy Share Image
“The main reason for moral inconsistencies and betrayals, Ayn Rand believed, is that men have been taught to pursue ideals that are… — Robert James Bidinotto Copy Share Image
...there ... remains a huge following [of Ayn Rand's philosophy] of those who ignore the indiscretions, infidelities, and moral inconsistencies of the… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
I reject her [Ayn Rand's] philosophy. It's an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
This thought-provoking novel portrays the absurdity of our overbearing government bureaucracy with a story that is entertaining and fast-paced. The Taxman Cometh… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
[Ayn] Rand accepts that when she supports military conscription, even indirectly. Also, she starts her politics from the premise that the State… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“In the history of philosophy, the term “rationalism” has two distinct meanings. In one sense, it signifies an unbreached commitment to reasoned… — Andrew Bernstein Copy Share Image
“If I had lied to the CIA, perhaps I might have passed a test. Instead of writing a book about the White… — David Litt Copy Share Image
Religion, if it is genuine, is so profoundly interwoven with individual thought and experience that it is no more exhaustible than consciousness… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“Libertarianism used to have a robust left wing as well. Both disliked government. Both were driven by a fantastically nostalgic conviction that… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
“He spent several days deciding on the artifacts. Much longer than he had spent deciding to kill himself, and approximately the same… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
By the respectable terms of the modern literary profession, novelists do not preach. And, in fact, there has probably not been a… — Claudia Roth Pierpont Copy Share Image
“The whole idea of "leaners" and "lifters" is the central teaching of the right wing ideologue, Ayn Rand, who penned books like… — Anne Manne Copy Share Image
“Libertarianism used to have a robust left wing as well. Both disliked government. Both were driven by a fantastically nostalgic conviction that… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
“Dorothy Parker on Ayn Rand: “Atlas Shrugged is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great… — Bathroom Readers' Institute Copy Share Image
“The sight of an achievement is the greatest gift a human being could offer others. —AYN RAND” — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
I was ahead of my classmates in some ways. While they were enjoying Mills & Boons, I was reading Ayn Rand. — Manisha Koirala Copy Share Image
![“...there ... remains a huge following [of Ayn Rand's philosophy] of those who ignore the indiscretions, infidelities, and moral inconsistencies of the founder and focus instead on the positive aspects of her philosophy. There is much in it to admire, if you do not have to accept the whole…” quote by Michael Shermer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/michael-shermer-2567_accepting_there-remains-a-huge-following-of-ayn-ra_735810.jpg)
![“I reject her [Ayn Rand's] philosophy. It's an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical to my worldview. If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand.” quote by Paul Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/paul-ryan-869_atheist_i-reject-her-ayn-rand-s-philosophy-it-s_2582216.jpg)
![“[Ayn] Rand accepts that when she supports military conscription, even indirectly. Also, she starts her politics from the premise that the State must have police power. She fails to take into account the inevitability that once you start with police power you're going to have a police State.” quote by Murray Bookchin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/murray-bookchin-2587_accepting_ayn-rand-accepts-that-when-she-supports_2115369.jpg)
