“You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.”
Ayn Rand
This quote is commonly attributed to Ayn Rand, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says: I’ll do as I please at everybody else’s expense. An individualist is a man who recognizes the inalienable individual rights of man—his own and those of others.
— Ayn Rand Primary source“Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“Who will let you? That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“I don’t intend to build in order to have clients. I intend to have clients in order to build.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“I don’t intend to build in order to have clients. I intend to have clients in order to build.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“I don’t want to be your friend, baby. I am your friend.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“If you have time don’t wait for time.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Love, cough, and a smoke, can’t well be hid.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source