I would step in the way of a bullet if it were aimed at my husband. It is not self-sacrifice to die protecting that which you value: If the value is great enough, you do not care to exist without it.

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

I have died every day in my mind with disgust for not being able to protect my own children.

It is not incumbent on the world to conform to your vision of change. It is up to you to explain the future in terms that those living in the past and present can follow.

A little known fact: I read all the time. books were the one thing that got me out of Gatlin, even if it was only for a little while.

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.

I definitely have role models. But it's hard to say, "Okay, I want to be Angelina Jolie," or "I want to be Charlize Theron.

There's only a few directors that can do what Emmerich does on an international scale and on an action scale.

There are certain recordings where my voice sounds good to me. Singing live I really enjoy, but I don't know how good it sounds.

It's [motherhood] the biggest on-the-job- training program in existence today.

Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.

Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined.