Collectivism, as an intellectual power and a moral ideal, is dead. But freedom and individualism, and their political expression, capitalism, have not yet been discovered.

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

A poet's work . . . to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep.

Your thighs are appletrees. Your knees are a southern breeze.

Start wherever you are! Low hanging fruit really tastes as good as the high stuff.

It is but a truism that labor is most productive where its wages are largest. Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor the world over.

The crime of loving is forgetting.

Chefs aren't celebrities: they're chefs.

The important thing right now is that the economy still needs customers. We still need people to go out there and spend money.

I think that as human beings we tend to compartmentalize, and we have a selective morality based on the situation we're in.

You just can't take a crash course to be a tango dancer in a movie.

The best style is the least noticeable.