Living in a society, instead of on a desert island, does not relieve a man of the responsibility of supporting his own life.

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

The things we love the most are the most disfiguring. Such is our greed for them.

Death means a lot of money, honey. Death can really make you look like a star.

I'd rather be working for a paycheck, than waiting to win the lottery. Besides, maybe this time it's different, I mean, I really think you like me.

Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.

[The] taste [of the French] is too timid to be true taste--or is but half taste.

Union is only possible to those who are units. To be fit for relations in time, souls, whether of man or woman, must be able to do without them in the spirit.

This is not just about women. We men need to recognize the part we play, too. Real men treat women with the dignity and respect they deserve.

I just tell you, I'm not a big FEMA fan.

To deny a genocide because of convenience and expediency having to do with an illegal war or occupation in Iraq to me, is double hypocritical.

We are part animal, part human, and part divine, and the moment we forget the possibility of any one of those, we are lost.