“The crowd had stared at him and given up angrily, finding no satisfaction. He did not look crushed and he did not… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Peter Keating: "Do you always have to have a purpose? Do you always have to be so damn serious? Can't you ever… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Thousands of years ago the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burnt at the stake he'd taught his… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“What in hell are you really made of, Howard? After all, it's only a building. It's not the combination of holy sacrament,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I think everything I do has Howard Roark [hero of The Fountainhead] in it, you know, as much as anything. The person… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
“I hate incompetence. I think it’s probably the only thing I do hate. But it didn’t make me want to rule people.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Your ego is the strictest judge." -Howard Roark in his speech at his trial.” — AynRand Copy Share Image
Howard Roark stood as a role model for me - as exactly the way I already was living. Even at that tender… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
“HOWARD ROARK LAUGHED. He stood naked at the edge of a cliff. The lake lay far below him. A frozen explosion of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“It doesn't say much. Only "Howard Roark, Architect". But it's like those mottoes men carved over the entrance of a castle and… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life. Nor to any part… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“A building has integrity, just as a man and just as seldom! It must be true to its own idea, have its… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The great creators-the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors-stood alone against the men of their time. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Compassion is a wonderful thing. It's what one feels when one looks at a squashed caterpillar. An elevating experience. One can let… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Have you always liked being Howard Roark?” Roark smiled. The smile was amused, astonished, involuntarily contemptuous.” — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“How did you know what's been killing me? Slowly, for years, driving me to hate people when I don't want to hate...… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Howard Roark built a temple to the human spirit. He saw man as strong, proud, clean, wise and fearless. He saw man… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“People turned to look at Howard Roark as he passed. Some remained staring after him with sudden resentment. They could give no… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
"You were not born to be a second-hander." Howard Roark to Gail Wynand in "The Fountainhead" — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
