Quotes from bookAtlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. Rand's fourth and final novel, it was also her longest, and the one she considered to be her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing. Atlas Shrugged includes elements of science fiction, mystery, and romance, and it contains Rand's most extensive statement of Objectivism in any of her works of fiction.
“Any work is creative work if done by a thinking mind.”
Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged
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“When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.”
Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged
Variant: When I die I hope to go to heaven--whatever that is--and I want to be able to afford the price of admission.
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“If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”
Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged
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“A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue.”
Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged
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“There are no contradictions. If you find one, check your premises.”
Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged
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“In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.”
Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged
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“I feel that others live up to me, if they want me.”
Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged
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“It was the greatest sensation of existence: not to trust but to know.”
Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged
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