Ayn Rand Regulation Quotes & Sayings

It is really unjust to the Vienna governmental circles to reproach them with having instigated a war which might have been prevented. The war was bound to come. Perhaps it might have been postponed for a year or two at the most. But it had always been the misfortune of German as well as Austrian diplomats that they endeavoured to put off the inevitable day of reckoning, with the result that they were finally compelled to deliver their blow at a most inopportune moment. — Adolf Hitler

What I had wasn't enough. I wanted more than enough. — Jay McLean

Mark my words. The telephone will never become a practical necessity. — Lisa Harris

Forever..." he murmured against her. " I'll hold you down..." ~ Trez

'The Shadows' Page 366 — J.R. Ward

Whether it's in the right way or sometimes the wrong way, you learn about life and its lessons. — Amelie Mauresmo

I didn't want to pretend to be a conceptual artist that charges $10,000 for an experience. It's just not what I am. I'm a photographer and I make prints. And people buy a print, and I understand that. But I'm uncomfortable with buying an experience. — Alec Soth

Being crazy, for the rest of us, is a form of sanity. — Dave Matthes

I did attempt to find out if there were any secret government documents that revealed things. If there were, they were concealed from me too. And if there were, well I wouldn't be the first American president that underlings have lied to, or that career bureaucrats have waited out. But there may be some career person sitting around somewhere, hiding these dark secrets, even from elected presidents. But if so, they successfully eluded me ... and I'm almost embarrassed to tell you I did (chuckling) try to find out. — William J. Clinton

I would put belly laughing at the top of my highlights list. They always say that laughter is the best medicine. — Carol Vorderman

The gem, which he had supposed colorless, caught a ray of sunlight from the god-gate in the roof and flashed a watery green. For some reason, it reminded him of her eyes. He put it to his lips, his thoughts full of things that could never be. — Gene Wolfe

When we're on the "me" plan, what others say about us has great power. A friend tells us we look good - our mind soars. A colleague tells us we're not pulling our weight at work - our mind sinks. — Sakyong Mipham

In Dream

Black and enduring separation
I share equally with you.
Why weep? Gove me your hand,
promise me you will come again.
You and I are like high
mountains and we can't move closer.
Just send me word
at midnight sometime through the stars.

1946 — Anna Akhmatova

Dramatic and emotional trading experiences tend to be negative. Pride is a great banana peel, as are hope, fear, and greed. My biggest slip-ups occurred shortly after I got emotionally involved with positions. — Ed Seykota

Nothing is more acceptable than what we are born into. — Hisham Matar