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Things Quotes by Ayn Rand
- You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the secondary…
- Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more…
- Peter Keating: "Do you always have to have a purpose? Do you always have to be so damn serious? Can't you ever do things without…
- If [people] place such things as friendship and family ties above their own productive work, yes, then they are immoral. Friendship, family life and human…
- [What for] was the first question he asked about any activity proposed to him - and nothing would make him act, if he found no…
- Mr. Ward, what is it that the foulest bastards on earth denounce us for, among other things? Oh yes, for our motto of 'Business as…
- The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares…
- Have you felt it too? Have you seen how your best friends love everything about you- except the things that count? And your most important…
- Compromise now, because you'll have to later, anyway, only then you'll have gone through things you'll wish you hadn't.
- And questions give us no rest. We know not why our curse makes us seek we know not what, ever and ever. But we cannot…
- I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it has been, even…
- Those who tell you that man is unable to perceive a reality undistorted by his senses, mean that they are unwilling to perceive a reality…
- I stand here on the summit of the mountain. I lift my head and I spread my arms. This, my body and spirit, this is…
- These are the things before me. And as I stand here at the door of glory, I look behind me for the last time. I…
- Dagny, we can never lose the things we live for. We may have to change their form at times, if we've made an error, but…
- I like to think of fire held in a man's hand. Fire, a dangerous force, tamed at his fingertips. I often wonder about the hours…
- She started off, walking fast, as if the speed of her steps could give form to the things she felt.
- I love you. As the same value, as the same expression, with the same pride and the same meaning as I love my work, my…
- Our dearest one. Fear nothing of the forest. There is no danger in solitude. We have no need of our brothers. Let us forget their…
- There were things in my past which I have not liked. But all the things of which I was proud will remain.
More Things Quotes
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
- In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle