More quotes by Ayn Rand

"Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?"
"Aristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer of Western history. Whenever his influence dominated the scene, it paved the way for one of history's brilliant eras; whenever it fell, so did mankind."
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."
"The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity."
"I can accept anything, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between."