Objectivism Quote by John Shirley Download Open image ““No Gods Or Kings. Only Man. -Andrew Ryan”” — John Shirley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Andrew Ryan Objectivism Philosophy Religion Science
“God does stupid things sometimes, but there’s always a reason, Ryan, always. Hold onto that.” I” — A.M. Johnson Copy Share Image
“If you only trust God when you don't have to, or only when you understand Him, you won't get very far." Edwin” — Eric M. Hill Copy Share Image
I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people… — John Shirley Copy Share Image
Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them. — John Shirley Copy Share Image
“If the modern world were a patient in my care... I would diagnose it suicidal." - Dr. Sofia Lamb” — John Shirley Copy Share Image
“Almost anyone could be Fascist under the right circumstances. If they get scared enough. It's because, you see, most people live their lives like… — John Shirley Copy Share Image
“The greater the scope in implementing an activity, the greater the need for strict attention to small details.” — John Shirley Copy Share Image
I'm just the kind of person who seems designed, probably by nature, to try to make a difference. — John Shirley Copy Share Image
“from the end of John Shirley's Black Glass, something like: "the Singularity guys don't understand, they aren't copying us, our brains, just the noise… — John Shirley Copy Share Image
A man must make of his life a ladder that he never ceases to climb -- if you're not rising, you are slipping down… — John Shirley Copy Share Image
I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods. — John Shirley Copy Share Image
“It was like the Iran/Contra hearings in the last century; then, too, the investigators had looked just so far and no further.” — John Shirley Copy Share Image
“This was reality, she thought, this sense of clear outlines, of purpose, of lightness, of hope.” — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“You do not need commandments to tell you what is right and wrong, you need reason. YOU NEED TO THINK. What are the consequences… — Kassandra Dick Copy Share Image
If parasitism, favoritism, corruption, and greed for the unearned did not exist, a mixed economy would bring them into existence. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Art is a concretization of metaphysics. Art brings man’s concepts to the perceptual level of his consciousness and allows him to grasp them directly,… — Ayn Rand, The Romatic Manifesto Copy Share Image
“Do you know the hallmark of a second rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement. Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest someone's work… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The justification of capitalism is not that the economy grows faster than it grows under any other system ... not that the goods pour… — M. Northrup Buechner Copy Share Image
To justify and extol human greed and egotism is to my mind not only immoral, but evil. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“One gains a profoundly personal, selfish joy from the mere existence of the person one loves. It is one’s own personal, selfish happiness that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“You want to know what's wrong with the world?" Dad paused. "It's this alienation that permeates every aspect of humanity.” — Mark David Henderson Copy Share Image
