Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future -- if mankind is to have a… — 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
“In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are at its worst. In the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
In order to be in control of your life, you have to have a purpose-a productive purpose... — 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
“She could not descend to an existence where her brain would explode under the pressure of forcing itself not to outdistance incompetence.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
But why should you care what people will say? All you have to do is please yourself. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“I think of man's magnificent capacity that created this ship to conquer all that senseless space. When I look at mountain peaks,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“No gift is worth a damn, unless its the most precious thing you've got.” — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“He is free to evade reality, he is free to unfocus his mind and stumble blindly down any road he pleases, but… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals. — 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
