You don't build for the way people live, but for the way they should live. I don't write about people as they are, but as they could be and should be.

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

There is no one or group of people that would ever be free from bondage without making room for a change.

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.

I've never formally trained in acting, so I'm very instinctual and visceral with decisions.

It was the first time I traveled alone, but I was not scared.

When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.

When you start to beat yourself up, remind yourself of how worthy you are of love.

Win, lose, or tie, you're gonna play like champions!

And not a girl goes walking Along the Cotswold lanes But knows men's eyes in April Are quicker than their brains.

The reason that some singers go on to become great artists has very little to do with their voices, but rather with the fact that they have used their instruments as tools for detailed communication.

Stereotyping and generating brands around musicians I think contributes to their eventual demise.