“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.
“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“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“Don’t misinform your doctor nor your lawyer.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“The only rational way of educating is to be an example—if one can’t help it, a warning example.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“I don’t want to be your friend, baby. I am your friend.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Disputed