For sometime now , i wanted to list all my favourite quotes from novels/movies .Although a huge post , here is a small set of my all time favourite quotes , will add more in coming posts.Being a huge Ayn rand fan i start off with quotes from her books.
Atlas shrugged
1) In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.
2) Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason.
3) Rationality is the recognition of the fact that existence exists, that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it, which is thinking...
4) Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another.
5) If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the world bore down on his shoulders—what would you tell him to do?” " To Shrug
6) Contradictions do not exist.Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises.You will find that one of them is wrong.
7) What is greatness? I will answer: it is the capacity to live by the three fundamental values of John Galt: reason, purpose, self-esteem.
Following are links to John galt's and Fransico d'anconia's speech in atlas shrugged.
http://www.working-minds.com/galtmini.htm
http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/economics/money/1826-Franciscos-Money-Speech.html
Fountain head
1) Every form of happiness is private. Our greatest moments are personal, self-motivated, not to be touched.
2) The person who loves everybody and feels at home everywhere is the true hater of mankind. He expects nothing of men, so no form of depravity can outrage him.
3) To say 'I love you' one must know first how to say the 'I'.
4) From the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and everything we have comes from a single attribute of man - the function of his reasoning mind.
5) It would be kinder to acknowledge people’s existence by hating them
We The Living
1) Do you believe in God, Andrei? No. Neither do I. But that's a favorite question of mine. An upside-down question, you know. What do you mean?
Well, if I asked people whether they believed in life, they'd never understand what I meant. It's a bad question. It can mean so much that it really means nothing. So I ask them if they believe in God. And if they say they do—then, I know they don't believe in life. Why?
Because, you see, God—whatever anyone chooses to call God—is one's highest conception of the highest possible. And whoever places his highest conception above his own possibility thinks very little of himself and his life. It's a rare gift, you know, to feel reverence for your own life and to want the best, the greatest, the highest possible, here, now, for your very own. To imagine a heaven and then not to dream of it, but to demand it.
Legally blone : Elle woods
1) Passion is key ingredient of life. It is with passion, courage of conviction and strong sense of self that we take our next steps into the world.Remembering that first impressions are not always correct,You must always have faith in people.And most importantly, you must always have faith in yourself !!
PS I Love you
1) All I know is, if you don't figure out this something, you'll just stay ordinary, and it doesn't matter if its a work of art or a taco, or a pair of socks! Just create something... new, and there it is, and its you, out in the world, out side of you and you can look at it, or hear it, or read it, or feel it...and you know a little more about... you. A little bit more than anyone else does... Does that make any sense at all?
2) Finding someone you love and who loves you back is a wonderful, wonderful feeling. But finding a true soul mate is an even better feeling. A soul mate is one who understands you like no other, loves you like no other, will be there for you forever, no matter what. They say that nothing lasts forever, but I am a firm believer in the fact that for some, love lives on even after we're gone
Gone with the wind
1) Someday I’m going to do and say everything I want to do and say, and if people don’t like it I don’t care.
2) After all, tomorrow is another day!
Pride and Prejudice
1) Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates
more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
2) Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion
Shantaram
1) A dream is a place where a wish and a fear meet. When the wish and fear are exactly the same, we call the dream a nightmare.
2) If fate doesn't make you laugh, then you don't get the joke.
3) Luck is what happens to you when fate gets tired of waiting.
4) The past reflects eternally between two mirrors - the bright mirror of words and deeds, and the dark one, full of things we didn't do or say.
5) The real trick in life is to want nothing, and to succeed in getting it.
6) People always hurt us with their trust. The surest way to hurt someone you like is to put all your trust in him.”
7) Sometimes we love with nothing more than hope. Sometimes we cry with everything except tears. In the end that's all there is. Love & its duty,sorrow & its truth. In the end that's all we have - to hold on tight until the dawn.
8) Fate gives all of us three teachers, three friends, three enemies, and three great loves in our lives. But these twelve are always disguised, and we can never know which one is which until we've loved them, left them, or fought them.
Ladies Coupe : Anita Nair
1) Among the five elements that constitutes life ,I classify myself as water .Water that moistens , Water that heals , Water that forgets , Water that accepts,Water that flows tirelessly , water that also destroys.For the power to dissolve and destroy is as much a part of being water as wetness is. In the world of chemicals it is called a universal solvent swayed by the character of all those who take over it. But just because I am familiar, I am not typical.
Millennium Trilogy
1) "Friendship-My definition is built on two things.. Respect and trust , both elements have to be there and it has to be mutual!.You can have respect for someone but if you don't have trust ,then friendship will crumble..."
Totto-chan
1)Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having
minds, but not perceiving truth; having hearts that are never moved and therefore
never set on fire. These are the things to fear, said the headmaster.
PS:All the quotes above are property and copyright of their respective owners.
Atlas shrugged
1) In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.
2) Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason.
3) Rationality is the recognition of the fact that existence exists, that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it, which is thinking...
4) Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another.
5) If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the world bore down on his shoulders—what would you tell him to do?” " To Shrug
6) Contradictions do not exist.Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises.You will find that one of them is wrong.
7) What is greatness? I will answer: it is the capacity to live by the three fundamental values of John Galt: reason, purpose, self-esteem.
Following are links to John galt's and Fransico d'anconia's speech in atlas shrugged.
http://www.working-minds.com/galtmini.htm
http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/economics/money/1826-Franciscos-Money-Speech.html
Fountain head
1) Every form of happiness is private. Our greatest moments are personal, self-motivated, not to be touched.
2) The person who loves everybody and feels at home everywhere is the true hater of mankind. He expects nothing of men, so no form of depravity can outrage him.
3) To say 'I love you' one must know first how to say the 'I'.
4) From the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and everything we have comes from a single attribute of man - the function of his reasoning mind.
5) It would be kinder to acknowledge people’s existence by hating them
We The Living
1) Do you believe in God, Andrei? No. Neither do I. But that's a favorite question of mine. An upside-down question, you know. What do you mean?
Well, if I asked people whether they believed in life, they'd never understand what I meant. It's a bad question. It can mean so much that it really means nothing. So I ask them if they believe in God. And if they say they do—then, I know they don't believe in life. Why?
Because, you see, God—whatever anyone chooses to call God—is one's highest conception of the highest possible. And whoever places his highest conception above his own possibility thinks very little of himself and his life. It's a rare gift, you know, to feel reverence for your own life and to want the best, the greatest, the highest possible, here, now, for your very own. To imagine a heaven and then not to dream of it, but to demand it.
Legally blone : Elle woods
1) Passion is key ingredient of life. It is with passion, courage of conviction and strong sense of self that we take our next steps into the world.Remembering that first impressions are not always correct,You must always have faith in people.And most importantly, you must always have faith in yourself !!
PS I Love you
1) All I know is, if you don't figure out this something, you'll just stay ordinary, and it doesn't matter if its a work of art or a taco, or a pair of socks! Just create something... new, and there it is, and its you, out in the world, out side of you and you can look at it, or hear it, or read it, or feel it...and you know a little more about... you. A little bit more than anyone else does... Does that make any sense at all?
2) Finding someone you love and who loves you back is a wonderful, wonderful feeling. But finding a true soul mate is an even better feeling. A soul mate is one who understands you like no other, loves you like no other, will be there for you forever, no matter what. They say that nothing lasts forever, but I am a firm believer in the fact that for some, love lives on even after we're gone
Gone with the wind
1) Someday I’m going to do and say everything I want to do and say, and if people don’t like it I don’t care.
2) After all, tomorrow is another day!
Pride and Prejudice
1) Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates
more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
2) Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion
Shantaram
1) A dream is a place where a wish and a fear meet. When the wish and fear are exactly the same, we call the dream a nightmare.
2) If fate doesn't make you laugh, then you don't get the joke.
3) Luck is what happens to you when fate gets tired of waiting.
4) The past reflects eternally between two mirrors - the bright mirror of words and deeds, and the dark one, full of things we didn't do or say.
5) The real trick in life is to want nothing, and to succeed in getting it.
6) People always hurt us with their trust. The surest way to hurt someone you like is to put all your trust in him.”
7) Sometimes we love with nothing more than hope. Sometimes we cry with everything except tears. In the end that's all there is. Love & its duty,sorrow & its truth. In the end that's all we have - to hold on tight until the dawn.
8) Fate gives all of us three teachers, three friends, three enemies, and three great loves in our lives. But these twelve are always disguised, and we can never know which one is which until we've loved them, left them, or fought them.
Ladies Coupe : Anita Nair
1) Among the five elements that constitutes life ,I classify myself as water .Water that moistens , Water that heals , Water that forgets , Water that accepts,Water that flows tirelessly , water that also destroys.For the power to dissolve and destroy is as much a part of being water as wetness is. In the world of chemicals it is called a universal solvent swayed by the character of all those who take over it. But just because I am familiar, I am not typical.
Millennium Trilogy
1) "Friendship-My definition is built on two things.. Respect and trust , both elements have to be there and it has to be mutual!.You can have respect for someone but if you don't have trust ,then friendship will crumble..."
Totto-chan
1)Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having
minds, but not perceiving truth; having hearts that are never moved and therefore
never set on fire. These are the things to fear, said the headmaster.
PS:All the quotes above are property and copyright of their respective owners.
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