People said it because other people said it. They did not know why it was being said and heard everywhere. they did not give or ask for reasons.

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

Religion enjoys astonishing privileges in our societies, privileges denied to almost any other special interest group one can think of-and certainly denied to individuals

Everyone has a button for sadness and a button for happiness, your condition depends on which one you push the most.

Ordinary people think you are crazy when you attempt the impossible, deride you when you are halfway to achieving it, and envy you when you achieve it.

i wish i were someone else, even though i know i'll never, ever be able to get away from what i've done and what's been done to me.

Too different from other juveniles on the market to warrant its selling.

Country has to stop giving electricity for free. It is like giving people cocaine.

For as fire is kindled by fire, so is a poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.

Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.

Thongs don't show. With jeans, you're always going to get panty lines and I think that's just a big mistake.

My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary spaces too, so it's refreshing and fun to be in a space where you can do contemporary things.