An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.

The harder I worked, the luckier I got.

Who is John Galt?

A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this – no dog exchanges bones with another.

Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.