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Ayn Rand Quotes

Ayn Rand quotes

Russian Writer February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982

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If a drought strikes them, animals perish--man builds irrigation canals; if a flood strikes them, animals perish--man builds dams; if a carnivorous pack attacks them, animals perish--man writes the Constitution of the United States. Ayn Rand
Maybe you can't afford to give them a raise, but how can they afford to live when the cost of living has shot sky-high? They've got to eat, don't they? Ayn Rand
Aristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer of Western history. Whenever his influence dominated the scene, it paved the way for one of history's brilliant eras; whenever it fell, so did mankind. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "I take no pride in hopeless longing; I wouldn't hold a..."
I take no pride in hopeless longing; I wouldn't hold a stillborn aspiration. I'd want to have it, to make it, to live it. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "It's such a waste to be subtle and vicious with people who..."
It's such a waste to be subtle and vicious with people who don't even know that you're being subtle and vicious Ayn Rand
A building has integrity, just as a man and just as seldom! It must be true to its own idea, have its own form, and serve its own purpose!". Ayn Rand
I think that when in doubt about the truth of an issue, it's safer and in better taste to select the least numerous of the adversaries. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "A man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress."
A man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets..."
An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind. Ayn Rand
People said it because other people said it. They did not know why it was being said and heard everywhere. they did not give or ask for reasons. Ayn Rand
There was nothing she could say to them--nothing would be heard or answered. What were the weapons, she thought, in a realm where reason was not a weapon any longer? It was a realm she could not enter. Ayn Rand
A Conformist is a man who declares, "It's true because others believe it" - but an Individualist is NOT a man who declares, "It's true because I believe it."An Individual declares, "I believe it because I see in reason that it is true. Ayn Rand
You could tell them why they should hire you so very much better than I could. But they won't listen to you and they'll listen to me. Because I'm the middleman. The shortest distance between two points is not a straight line--it's a middleman. And the more middlemen, the shorter. Such is the psychology of a pretzel. Ayn Rand
He thought that they were walking there like Mickey and Minnie Mouse and that they probably appeared ridiculous to the passers-by. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "-Fransisco, what's the most depraved type of human..."
-Fransisco, what's the most depraved type of human being? -The man without purpose. Ayn Rand

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