"To demand 'sense' is the hallmark of nonsense.……" — Ayn Rand
"To demand 'sense' is the hallmark of nonsense. Nature does not make sense. Nothing makes sense."
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838 Quotes by Ayn Rand
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You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love…
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I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals.
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Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea…
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The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept…
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Even if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale…
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Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.
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This is the age othe common man, they tell us-a title which any man may claim to the extent osuch…
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Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One…
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I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety.
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Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they…
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Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of…
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The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.
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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always…
— Roger Babson
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Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of…
— Lord Acton
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Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and…
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Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the…
— Honore de Balzac
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Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in…
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Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only…
— Albert Bandura
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Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.
— Daniel Barenboim
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Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
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