" Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man

" It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener. "

Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957 US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 – 1982)

" Guilt is a rope that wears thin. "

Ayn Rand US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 – 1982)

" Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone. "

Ayn Rand US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 – 1982)

" I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. "

Ayn Rand, Anthem, 1946 US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 – 1982)

" Art is the indespensible medium for the communication of a moral idea. "

Ayn Rand, The Romantic Manifesto US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 – 1982)

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

" Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it. "

Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 – 1982)

" A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization. "

Ayn Rand, The Romantic Manifesto p. 74 (pb 93) US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 – 1982)

" Doctors are not servants of their patients, they are traders like everyone else in a free society and they should bear that title proudly considering the crucial importance of the services they offer. "

Ayn Rand US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 – 1982)

" An artist does not fake reality–he *stylizes* it. "

Ayn Rand, From the article “Art and Sense of Life” in The Romantic Manifesto US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 – 1982)

" He was guilty of nothing, except that he earned his own fortune and never forgot that it was his. "

Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 – 1982)

" Happiness is possible only to a rational man, the man who desires nothing but rational goals, seeks nothing but rational values and finds his joy in nothing buy rational actions. "

Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 – 1982)

" The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it. "

Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957 US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 – 1982)

" He had a big head and a face so ugly it became almost fascinating. "

Ayn Rand US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 – 1982)

" The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence. "

Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness, 1964 US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 – 1982)

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