"Look, Gail." Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed at each end; then, his wrists and knuckles tensed against the resistance, he bent the branch slowly into an arc. "Now I can make what I want of it: a bow, a spear, a cane, a railing. That's the meaning of life." "Your strength?" "Your work." He tossed the branch aside. "The material the earth offers you and what you make of it . . ."

-- Ayn Rand

#Hands Quotes #Tree Quotes #Meaning Of Life Quotes

“There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.”
“The atheism and nihilism of my earlier years now seems shallow, and even a bit cocky.”
“I loathe the urchin's cruelty to the cat, but I will not loathe the urchin. I loathe Hitler's mass-torturing, but not Hitler; and the money-man's heartlessness, but not the man. I love the swallow's flight, and I love the swallow; the urchin's gleam of tenderness, and the urchin.”

Source : "An Olaf Stapledon Reader" by by Olaf Stapledon, Syracuse University Press, New York, (pp. 266-272), 1997.
“Those who have been made great have first suffered.”
“I am more human than rational.”

Source : Karen Essex (2008). “Stealing Athena: A Novel”, p.336, Anchor
“The fact that I seem to prefer seals over any other animal brides is something I hadn't actually realized until this moment. Perhaps it's because there's a lot of very cool folklore about it.”

Source : Source: www.sfsignal.com
“I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for evading the responsibility of finding the most suitable path toward the elimination of any expression of discrimination against indigenous peoples.”
“The thing about throwing a fastball is, you want it to be easy, you want it to be effortless.”

You may also like:

Alan Greenspan
Economist
Friedrich August von Hayek
Economist
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philologist
Leonard Peikoff
Philosopher
Ludwig von Mises
Philosopher
Milton Friedman
Economist
Murray Rothbard
Economist
Nathaniel Branden
Psychotherapist
Paul Ryan
United States Representative