#own

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#becomes #breaking #crack #crime #criminals

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#centuries #down #first #men #new

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#builds #choice #choose #escape #every

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#because #create #look #looking #own

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#behavior #believing #civilized #control #crop

They would have been very let down if they had to leave the theater and he had missed. He would feel badly. Everyone would feel badly. But he never let them down. ↗

— James Randi

#been #down #everyone #feel #had

Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop. ↗

— Andrew Rannells

#gonna #i #move #open #poor

Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards. ↗

— Keith Richards

#music #neck #rock #rock and roll #roll

I think if you look at Sam Raimi and Jim Cameron, those guys know things about filmmaking that almost nobody knows anymore. They are students of film from when they handmade films themselves, you know cut films with their own hands and razor blades and tape. ↗

— Dileep Rao

#almost #anymore #blades #cameron #cut

I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces. ↗

— Dan Rather

#cave #down #forces #gets #great