Ayn Rand Quotes

There is no such thing as duty. If you know that a thing is right, you want to do it. If you don't want to do it-it isn't right. If it's right and you don't want to do it-you don't know what right is and you're not a man.

Ayn Rand

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• Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.

  

  Barbara De Angelis
  • You
  • Moment
  • Gift

• Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Reality
  • Way
  • Appearance

• When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.

  

  Warren Spahn
  • Two
  • Expect
  • Maybe

• To the solace of his name, simply saying 'Muhammad' has an incredibly soothing effect on me.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Me
  • Effect
  • Incredibly

• When I was young, I'd fight everyone who insisted I'd be an actress. I'd say, 'No way. I'm going to be a veterinarian. I'm going to work at Wetzel's Pretzels.'

  

  Ireland Baldwin
  • Work
  • Fight
  • Young

• I like to spend as much time with my friends and family as possible.

  

  Zara Larsson
  • Time
  • Family
  • Friends

• Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.

  

  D. W. Griffith
  • Important
  • Power
  • Never

• Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

  

  Daniel Berrigan
  • God
  • Connection
  • Issue

• My dad was a really good surfer, and by the time I was 10, he was dragging me out on some good days at Bells. I'd reckon they were solid, 6-foot days, and he'd tell me to wait on the shoulder. I'd see him coming through the barrel, and he'd just scream at me to go. I'd drop in, and he'd give me a hoot from behind – I've always loved it.

  

  Xavier Rudd
  • Time
  • Good
  • Dad

• A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents.

  

  Raj Kapoor
  • Parents
  • Man
  • Woman

• My comedy isn't going to solve problems; I'm not that deep.

  

  Gary Owens
  • Comedy
  • Deep
  • Problems

• Regulation creates a moral hazard.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Moral
  • Regulation
  • Hazard

• Just give it everything you've got and bowl as fast as possible.

  

  Imran Khan
  • You
  • Possible
  • Fast

• Separate inherently is not equal. There's a reason why $45 million was spent against marriage equality. It's because people understand the word does have meaning. And equality comes when we accept the same notions and the same institutions for everyone, regardless of race and gender and regardless of sex orientation.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • People
  • Why
  • Marriage

• I have a rule now that I can only watch a movie twice. By the third time I was watching 'The Guest,' I was hating everything about it, but the first time, I loved it. The first time you watch it, you watch it as a whole. And the second time, I think you can learn a lot. By the third time, you are just picking everything apart.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Time
  • Movie
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• So, I didn't get moved up because of celebrity status or anything like that. I got in line, and I passed the test. And they realized that I was sick enough, and as soon as the liver became available, I got one.

  

  Pat Summerall
  • Up
  • Like
  • Enough

• The Philippines is where Asia wears a smile. Beautiful products can only be made by happy people.

  

  Imelda Marcos
  • People
  • Happy
  • Beautiful

• Not surprised. He's a Big Ten veteran. Those are the kinds of guys you build programs around.

  

  Brad Soderberg
  • Build
  • Surprised
  • Veteran

• People ask me if I live each day like it's my last, and I don't. I live each day like it's my first, and I can't wait for the next one.

  

  Kris Carr
  • People
  • Live

• For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Free
  • Imagination
  • Someone

• You read things, and they come to you, and if they speak to you at the moment and there's a voice in you that says, 'I don't know, that's risky,' or 'That's challenging,' then do it. Run at it and tackle it. And if it's bad, it's bad. You're gonna get over it.

  

  Corey Hawkins
  • Bad

• There is no such thing as duty. If you know that a thing is right, you want to do it. If you don't want to do it-it isn't right. If it's right and you don't want to do it-you don't know what right is and you're not a man.

  

  Ayn Rand