Vince Vaughn Quotes

One of the very first serious books I read when I was growing up was 'Atlas Shrugged.'

'Atlas Shrugged,' let's face it, was probably the most important novel of the 20th century that was never a film.

Ayn Rand is a rhetorician who writes novels I have never been able to read.

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.

The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand. The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism.

The thing for me about Ayn Rand is that her philosophy is the only one applicable to the world today - in every sense. If you take her ideas, then take them farther in your own mind, you can find answers to pretty well everything on an individual basis.

You know what that big number was? It was 1957. It's not the year I was born. I'm a little older than that. I wish it was the year I was born. It was the year one of my favorite books was written: 'Atlas Shrugged.' Ayn Rand.

It's one thing to buy a copy of 'Atlas Shrugged.' You actually have to read it to get anything out of it.

I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what my beliefs are.

I read all of Ayn Rand's novels when I was 17.

I tend to really be partial to Ayn Rand, and to The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.

Every stylish man should have a copy of 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand on his bookshelf.

Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman can tell a story. I mean, the novel as an art form is just in full florid bloom in 'Atlas Shrugged.' It's an unbelievable story. The characters are so compelling, and what she's saying is mind-expanding.

I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.

If Ayn Rand were an up-and-coming author today, she wouldn't write about steel or railroads, it would be Net Neutrality.

Most of my reading is rereading.

Ayn Rand more than anyone else did a fantastic job of explaining the morality of capitalism, the morality of individualism.

...there ... remains a huge following [of Ayn Rand's philosophy] of those who ignore the indiscretions, infidelities, and moral inconsistencies of the founder and focus instead on the positive aspects of her philosophy. There is much in it to admire, if you do not have to accept the whole package... Criticism of the founder or followers of a philosophy does not, by itself, constitute a negation of any part of the philosophy... Criticism of part of a philosophy does not gainsay the whole.

Of all Americans who have appeared on the nation's postage stamps, Ayn Rand is probably the only one to have thought that the United States government has no business delivering mail.

I started rereading 'The Dutchman' - I kind of just pulled it off the shelf.

I read 'Animal Farm' when I was 11, and it remained my favorite book, really.

I think I view the system the same way that Ayn Rand views the system - that it really oppresses those that create, if you will, and tries to take away from those that produce and give to the non-producers.

Read Don Quixote; it is a very good book; I still read it frequently.

I've read 'Valley of the Dolls' at least four times. It's so epic!

When I was younger, I was drawn to Ayn Rand books and other works of fiction celebrating individualism.