Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason.
Ayn Rand
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AYN RAND The Passion of Ayn Rand
ERIC STOLTZ The Passion of Ayn Rand
HELEN MIRREN I tend to really be partial to Ayn Rand, and to The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
CLARENCE THOMAS Ayn Rand is a rhetorician who writes novels I have never been able to read.
GORE VIDAL “Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.” - Ayn Rand
AYN RAND I read all of Ayn Rand's novels when I was 17.
RAND PAUL If everybody spent enough time worrying about their own goddamn selves, no one would have to worry a...
DON DE GRAZIA Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience al...
GORE VIDAL But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men d...
AYN RAND Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are...
BO BENNETT Never let money be the reason why you betray your close companion. You may not have the joy to spend...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR The thing for me about Ayn Rand is that her philosophy is the only one applicable to the world today...
NEIL PEART I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement [Libertarians] in the US ...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Why have you been staring at me ever since we met? Because I’m not the Gail Wynand you’d heard a...
AYN RAND Every stylish man should have a copy of 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand on his bookshelf.
ORLANDO BLOOM The anti-individualist enemies that Ayn Rand battled are still the enemy, but they've shifted th...
P. J. O'ROURKE Your stupidity might make you win the argument, but it does not make you smart.
NAQIBULLAH PAIMAN Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the...
AYN RAND Don't be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that; it was not of you...
PAU (PABLO) CASALS Let me tell you about weakness! Killing the strong to prove your strength is foolish weakness. Killi...
VICTORIA HANLEY "Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is th...
AYN RAND Something that you can not do is your weakness, and something that you can do is your strength.
JHEB KRUEGER (JEFF) Your ears love to hear, so speak to it
SOTONYE ANGA Dare to follow your own paths.
Dare to be yourself.
Dare to be different.
LAILAH GIFTYAKITA Concentrate on your strength and strongly build your strength whilst others concentrate on your weak...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Being a friend to your child is the best gift you give to your child.
JONATHAN CHEN If people do not look after their hearts they will soon see a flag of submission and the fight will ...
GARY F EVANS... Being aware of your weakness is good. But knowing your weakness, is your strongest strength.
MIKE STAAL I think I view the system the same way that Ayn Rand views the system - that it really oppresses tho...
GARY JOHNSON If you admit your mistake, it is not sign of weakness, it reflect your inner strength. If you shy aw...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA When you give your weakness permission to be because you understand that it is simply an expression ...
CHRIS MATAKAS Ladies remember boys is the weakness to your heart, But not your feet so walk all over them.
FLAMESTARTA I took inspiration from 'Fountainhead,' the way in which Ayn Rand conveyed her political phi...
ELIYAHU GOLDRATT What greater hardship can you have as a reason to withdraw your own money?
DAVID WRAY The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one perso...
PAUL RYAN Talent doesn't see beauty but your talent makes you beauty.
KOWSALAPATHY If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas ...
PAUL RYAN Make the most of your money. Use your local talent and try to have something for everyone's taste.
MARY ELLEN MARK You have two choices in life. You either focus on your strength to thrive or your weakness that lowe...
PHILIP T. M. Your weakness - the weakness of your soft American life - is you think that all people are like you,...
ELISABETH ELO Challenge and adversity are meant to help you know who you are. Storms hit your weakness, but unlock...
ROY T. BENNETT Audiences will admire your character’s strength but connect with them through their weakness.
DON ROFF The reason your customer tells you he has no money is because everyone but you has sold him somethin...
GEORGE M. ETHERIDGE Distributions are no reason to panic, ... What you're doing if you sell is realizing all of your gai...
JOEL DICKSON Believe in yourself. Believe in your abilities; believe in your talent, your uniqueness on this eart...
KEVIN ABDULRAHMAN First, let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered... ...
CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI Of all Americans who have appeared on the nation's postage stamps, Ayn Rand is probably the only...
THOMAS MALLON Attachment parenting demands not just certain actions you take with your baby but also certain emoti...
HANNA ROSIN Don't give your money to the church. They should be giving their money to you.
GEORGE CARLIN You have to sell your town.
BRENT HAYES To make the most of your money, I recommend sticking with mutual funds that don't charge a commi...
SUZE ORMAN And the more popular your clips, the more money you stand to make. The only limit to what you can ea...
GARETH JONES Your brand is not our logo. You got to tell it, to sell it.
LILY CHATTERJEE Be led by your talent, not by your self-loathing; those other things you just have to manage.
RUSSELL BRAND Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor...
JIM ROHN All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w...
JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It...
COLSON WHITEHEAD Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they ...
MOTHER TERESA Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need...
MOTHER TERESA Do not let a day pass without adding to your knowledge
SOTONYE ANGA That which you love most will then become both your strength and your weakness.
CRISS JAMI Genius and stupidity never stray from their respective paths; talent wanders to and fro, following e...
GEORGE MOORE Money does not dictate your lifestyle, it's what you do to get it and how you manage your finances t...
WAYNE CHIRISA Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
WILL ROGERS There's no reason for your imagination to be fettered by money.
KEVIN MCCLOUD I like money. You like money. We need the money. But, money is not going to bring humanity and spiri...
BIKRAM CHOUDHURY That was just like finding money on the street, really, because they were so easy to sell. People wo...
JOE LEONARD I know these are going to sound like school reading-list suggestions, but if you like dystopian fict...
SARA SHEPARD The reason for the absence of success in your life is not due to the lack of money, but to not havin...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Don't try to talk anyone out of concentrating his hatred on Ayn Rand or any other dead person. It ca...
JOHN MCCARTHY Always listen to the warnings from your heart.
TERESA COLLINS Just getting a degree is not enough, and you need to sell your ideas.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNA It's difficult to find a genuine weakness that makes you appear competent. For instance, telling...
TRAVIS BRADBERRY But are you finding monastic history a very compelling reason to live?"
"I'm not human," he sai...
RACHEL HARTMAN Never be afraid to offer a smile; sure the risk is that a few foolish people may misinterpret your k...
JOHNNIE DENT JR. Lower taxes are great, but if its going to cost you money, it's not worth it. If a stock hits your s...
DAVID MELLEM Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.
PAULA ABDUL If you don't want to update your driver, sell your truck... - same for your computer & engineer...
VIJAYRAJ BHATT You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
IRINA SHAYK Nero, you are an example to all the children on this shuttle. Because most of them are so foolish, t...
ORSON SCOTT CARD Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life
OSCAR WILDE This is your moment. You're meant to be here.
HERB BROOKS Fear is not evil. It tells you what you weakness is. And once you know your weakness, you can become...
GILDARTS IN FAIRY TAIL Once you sell it, it's sold. Anything that would let the previous owner come back and make demands i...
ADAM SOHN Those that marry for money sell their liberty.
PROVERB Having dignity doesn't require you to fall out of love with someone. You can love someone your entir...
SHANNON L. ALDER Enemies always help you to pick out your mistakes and weakness.
DEEPAK KUMAR There is only one way to make money: sell something. You're either selling your time or a product. T...
RICHIE NORTON Your inner thoughts trouble you, you louder self softens you, your inner weakness defies you, your s...
JASMINA SIDEROVSKI Your talent is God's gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to God.
LEO BUSCAGLIA The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
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AYN RAND If this is vise I want no virtue.
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