You are so lost to your higher self that you would resent me for my achievements, rather than celebrate them with me, sexually?

— Ayn Rand

You can fake virtue for an audience. You can’t fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge. They run from it. They spend their lives running.

— Ayn Rand

You have sacrificed justice to mercy. You have sacrificed independence to unity. Furthermore, you have sacrificed reason to faith. Furthermore, you have sacrificed wealth to need. Furthermore, you have sacrificed self-esteem to self-denial. Furthermore, you have sacrificed happiness to duty.

— Ayn Rand

You know, I think that only if one feels immensely important can one feel truly light.

— Ayn Rand

You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. Furthermore, you'll take any fame or honor anyone might want to grant. Furthermore, you'll accept such gratitude as the tenants might feel. And I - I'll take what nobody can give a man, except himself. I will have built Cortland. - Howard Roar

— Ayn Rand

You love your work. God help you, you love it! And that's the curse. That's the brand on your forehead for all of them to see. You love it, and they know it, and they know they have you. Do you ever look at the people in the street? Aren't you afraid of them? I am. They move past you, and they wear hats, and they carry bundles. But that's not the substance of them. The substance of them is hatred for any man who loves his work. That's the only kind they fear. I don't know why

— Ayn Rand

You never wanted me to be real. You never wanted anyone to be. But you didn’t want me to show it. You wanted an act to help your act...

— Ayn Rand

Your ego is your strictest judge.

— Ayn Rand

Your emotional capacity is an empty motor, and your values are the fuel with which your mind fills it. If you choose a mix of contradictions, it will clog your motor, corrode your transmission and wreck you on your first attempt to move with a machine which you, the driver, have corrupted.

— Ayn Rand

You’re so beautiful, Dominique. Its such a lovely accident on God’s part that there’s one person who matches inside and out.

— Ayn Rand