Materials Quotes by Ayn Rand

8 Materials quotes by Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand treats materials as a measure of achievement and individual merit, and these eight excerpts distill her assertive view on the role of objects in a thriving life. It’s a concise, thought‑provoking look at her philosophy.

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The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way. One says:…

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Look, Gail." Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed…

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So you think that money is the root of all evil? [...] Have you ever asked what is the root of money?…

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In proportion to the mental energy he spent, the man who creates a new invention receives but a small percentage of his…

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Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now see the capitalist system being discredited and…

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The man at the top of the intellectual pyramid contributes the most to all those below him, but gets nothing except his…

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Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is…

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Any material element or resource which, in order to become of use or value to men, requires the application of human knowledge…

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There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all.

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She watched the prairies the rivers, the towns slipping past at an untouchable distance below - and she noted that the sense of detachment…

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“This was reality, she thought, this sense of clear outlines, of purpose, of lightness, of hope.”

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A “collective” mind does not exist. It is merely the sum of endless numbers of individual minds. If we have an endless number of…

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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…

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“She moved her hand and let it rest against his. He did not withdraw his fingers and he did not pretend indifference. She bent…

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This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use, and mine to kneel before.

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“There was still one response, the greatest, that she had missed. She thought: To find a feeling that would hold, as their sum, as…

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Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to…

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“We are fornicating in the sight of six billion people.”

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“She was fifteen when it occurred to her for the first time that women did not run railroads and that people might object. To…

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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…

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Have you felt it too? Have you seen how your best friends love everything about you- except the things that count? And your most…

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Every coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the entry of…

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We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it.

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