I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.

If the truth shall kill them, let them die.

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.

You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

But I don't think of you. - Howard Roark

Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.

I just became a vegetable for three months. I couldn't talk to people. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college.

A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.

Nope," he whispered, when I tried to tug it away. "Mine now.

If my peers had a significant impact on my music, my music would probably be a lot more popular.

It was not a mere man he was holding, but a giant; or a block of granite. The pull was unendurable. The pain unendurable.

But, on balance, we seized the marketplace. We've got a great infrastructure. And yes it's struggling in some areas because of some external factors and some internal factors.

Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke.

Incompetency begets incompetency. The last thing a guy who isn't sure of himself wants is a guy backing him up who is sure of himself.

All I know is, if I don't care about the poor, if my church doesn't care about the poor, that's evil.