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Terms Quotes by Ayn Rand
- I am speaking to those among you who have retained some sovereign shred of their soul, unsold and unstamped: '- to the order of others'.…
- The concept of free competition enforced by law is a grotesque contradiction in terms.
- I cannot stand Tolstoy, and reading him was the most boring literary duty I ever had to perform, his philosophy and his sense of life…
- Money is so noble a medium that it does not compete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It will not permit…
- In proportion to the mental energy he spent, the man who creates a new invention receives but a small percentage of his value in terms…
- Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency…
- We are on strike against martyrdom—and against the moral code that demands it. We are on strike against those who believe that one man must…
- I don't like people who speak or think in terms of gaining anybody's confidence. If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated…
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- The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to… — David Attenborough
- The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa in a… — Chinua Achebe
- For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. — Teresa of Avila
- I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new… — Dan Aykroyd
- The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular… — Charles Babbage
- The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based… — Mahmoud Abbas
- This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come… — Mikhail Bakunin
- All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that… — Christian Bale
- In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me… — Christian Bale
- Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself. — Honore de Balzac
- The Canadian run can be no different, at least in terms of actual running. — Dennis Banks
- For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms. — Gerry Adams