There's something I want you to know,' said Cherryl, her voice taut and harsh, 'so that there won't be any pretending about it. I'm not going to put on the sweet relative act. I know what you've done to Jim and how you've made him miserable all his life. I'm going to protect him against you. I'll put you in your place. I'm Mrs. Taggart. I'm the woman in this family now.' 'That's quite all right,' said Dagny. 'I'm the man.

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.

Do not let your fire go out.

When I listen to a symphony I love, I don't get from it what the composer got. His 'Yes' was different from mine. He could have no concern for mine and no exact conception of it. That answer is too personal to each man. But in giving himself what he wanted, he gave me a great experience.

Money is just a tool. It will take you anywhere you want, but you have to be the driver

Political freedom cannot exist without economic freedom; a free mind and a free market are corollaries.

you are never called upon to prove a negative. that's a law of logic.