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Words Quotes by Ayn Rand
- If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans, I would choose . . . the fact that they were the people who…
- [T]he only real moral crime that one man can commit against another is the attempt to create, by his words or actions, an impression of…
- Many words have been granted me, and some are wise, and some are false, but only three are holy: "I will it!
- She smiled. She knew she was dying. But it did not matter any longer. She had known something which no human words could ever tell…
- Can you sacrifice a few? When those few are the best? Deny the best its right to the top--and you have no best left. What…
- She did not know the nature of her loneliness. The only words that named it were: This is not the world I expected.
- Toohey: "Mr. Roark, we're alone here. Why don't you tell me what you think of me? In any words you wish. No one will hear…
- She's a writer. The kind of writer who wouldn't be published outside. She believes that when one deals with words, one deals with the mind.
- The pressure disappeared with the first word he put on paper. He thought--while his hand moved rapidly--what a power there was in words; later, for…
- She sat leaning back in her chair, looking ahead, knowing that he was as aware of her as she was of him. She found pleasure…
- Words are a lens to focus one's mind.
More Words Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something… — Chinua Achebe
- Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and… — Rowan Atkinson
- I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases… — Margaret Atwood
- The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is… — Margaret Atwood
- The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. — Saint Augustine
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila