English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Ayn Rand Quotes

Because I never have any definite destination. This ship is not for going to places, but for getting away from them. When I stop at a port, it's only for the sheer pleasure of leaving it. I always think: here's one more place that can't hold me.

Ayn Rand

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Lauryn Hill quote: "Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain..."
Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships. Lauryn Hill
Walter Scott quote: "He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He..."
He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit. Walter Scott
Mickey Rivers quote: "These guys are so old they're eligible for meals on wheels."
These guys are so old they're eligible for meals on wheels. Mickey Rivers
It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish. Isaiah Thomas
Miyamoto Musashi quote: "The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them"
The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them Miyamoto Musashi
David Simon quote: "There are a couple of ideas for features that I would love to..."
There are a couple of ideas for features that I would love to do. They happen to be comedies. David Simon
Bruce Johnston quote: "For us... you know, we're not The Beatles."
For us... you know, we're not The Beatles. Bruce Johnston
Molly Ringwald quote: "I have a very independent spirit."
I have a very independent spirit. Molly Ringwald
And I could tell she loved him. And although she was an evil fungus growing on 200 pounds of irritated lard, her feelings were real. Lynda Barry
The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which... James Truslow Adams
Neil Gaiman quote: "All your questions can be answered, if that is what you want. ..."
All your questions can be answered, if that is what you want. But once you learn your answers, you can never unlearn them. Neil Gaiman
Emile M. Cioran quote: "The poor maidservant who used to say that she only believed in..."
The poor maidservant who used to say that she only believed in God when she had a toothache puts all theologians to shame. Emile M. Cioran
Charles Bukowski quote: "The night kept coming on in and there was nothing I could do."
The night kept coming on in and there was nothing I could do. Charles Bukowski
The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking. Charles Sanders Peirce
Franz Kafka quote: "It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must..."
It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary - The Trial Franz Kafka