Do it first and feel about it afterwards.' - Dagny Taggart

Observe, in politics, that the term extremism has become a synonym of "evil," regardless of the content of the issue (the evil is not what you are extreme about, but that you are "extreme" - i.e., consistent).

Thinking men cannot be ruled; ambitious men do not stagnate.

Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think... The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind.

I write - and read - for the sake of the story... My basic test for any story is: 'Would I want to meet these characters and observe these events in real life? Is this story an experience worth living through for its own sake? Is the pleasure of contemplating these characters an end itself?

A spirit, too, needs fuel. It can run dry.

Ideas are the greatest and most crucially practical power on earth.