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Fact Quotes by Ayn Rand
- "Judge not, that ye be not judge"... is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one gives to others in exchange…
- An emotion as much tells you nothing about reality, beyond the fact that something makes you feel something.
- If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans, I would choose . . . the fact that they were the people who…
- Or did you say it's the love of money that's the root of all evil? To love a thing is to know its nature. To…
- Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production.
- Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live-that productive work is the process by which man's consciousness…
- It is the basic, metaphysical fact of man's nature -- the connection between his survival and his use of reason -- that capitalism recognizes and…
- The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common good.' It is…
- To love money is to know and love the fact that money is the creation of the best power within you, and your passkey to…
- Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it-that no substitute can do…
- The fact that a man has no claim on others ... does not preclude or prohibit good will among men and does not make it…
- The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way. One says: “Merry Christmas”-not “Weep…
- Consider the reasons which make us certain that we are right, but not the fact that we are certain. If you are not convinced, ignore…
- Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live.
- The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way.
- Since nature does not endow all men with equal beauty or equal intelligence, and the faculty of volition leads men to make different choices, the…
- Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgement and nothing can help you escape it - that no substitute…
- Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man's values, it has to be earned.
- Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.
- The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who…
- Every form has its own meaning. Every man creates his meaning and form and goal. Why is it so important - what others have done?…
- I love you, Dominique. As selfishly as the fact that I exist. As selfishly as my lungs breathe air. I breathe for my own necessity,…
- Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot…
More Fact Quotes
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- I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong
- When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its… — Antonin Artaud
- Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a… — Rowan Atkinson
- I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I… — David Attenborough
- In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I… — Chinua Achebe
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- In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes,… — David Attenborough
- I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something… — Margaret Atwood
- It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art… — Wystan Hugh Auden