Quotes by : Ayn Rand

When one acts on pity against justice, it is the good whom one punishes for the sake of the evil; when....

...the best is a matter of standards—and I set my own standards.

Everything that isn't permitted by The Law is forbidden.

We have lied to ourselves. We have not built this box for the good of our brothers. We built it for its....

I’ll listen if you want me to... But I think I should tell you now that nothing you can say will make....

If that which we have found is the corruption of solitude, then what can men wish for save corruption?....

The man who despises himself tries to gain self-esteem from sexual adventures —which can’t be done,....

Well, I always know what I want. And when you know what you want--you go toward it. Sometimes you go....

I like cigarettes, Miss Taggart. I like to think of fire held in a man’s hand. Fire, a dangerous force,....

There was still one response, the greatest, that she had missed. She thought: To find a feeling that....