Have you noticed that the imbecile always smiles? Man's first frown is the first touch of God on his forehead. The touch of thought.

I consider promiscuity immoral. Not because sex is evil, but because sex is too good and too important.

Love is our response to our highest values. Love is self-enjoyment. The noblest love is born out of admiration of another's values.

"You were not born to be a second-hander." Howard Roark to Gail Wynand in "The Fountainhead"

I don't wish to be the symbol of anything. I'm only myself.

There are no evil thoughts except one; the refusal to think.

In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary. Men are free to cooperate or not, to deal with one another or not, as their own individual judgments, convictions and interests dictate.