Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others.

Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others.

Ayn Rand

We are not an endangered species ourselves yet, but this is not for lack of trying.

We are not an endangered species ourselves yet, but this is not for lack of trying.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win.

We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win.

Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose.

Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

If you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else.

If you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else.

The single raindrop never feels responsible for the flood.

The single raindrop never feels responsible for the flood.

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.

Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.

Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.

Live a life as a monument to your soul.

Live a life as a monument to your soul.

Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.

Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.

If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.

If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.

The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.

The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.