98 Quotes About Dagny-taggart

She liked his face—its lines were tight and firm, it did not have that look of loose muscles evading the responsibility of a shape, which she had learned to expect in people’s faces.

She wanted to tell him of the years she had spent looking for men such as he to work with; she wanted to tell him that his enemies were hers, that she was fighting the same battle...

She stopped for the duration of a glance around her, as if to recapture the place, but there was no recognition of persons in her eyes, the glance merely swept through the room, as if making a swift inventory of physical objects.

...do you think any of these people are enjoying it? They’re just straining to be more senseless and aimless than usual. To be light and unimportant . . . You know, I think that only if one feels immensely important can one feel truly light.

...and the diamond band on the wrist of her naked arm gave her the most feminine of all aspects: the look of being chained.

She had always avoided personal reactions, but she was forced to break her rule when she saw the expression on his face. She burst out laughing.

...she had always looked for sparks of competence, like a diamond prospector in an unpromising wasteland.

We are those who do not disconnect the values of their minds from the actions of their bodies, those who do not leave their values to empty dreams, but bring them into existence, those who give material form to thoughts, and reality to values.

Dagny, why is it that most women would never admit that, but you do?”“Because they’re never sure that they ought to be wanted. I am.”“I do admire self-confidence.”“Self-confidence was only one part of what I said, Hank.”“What’s the whole?”“Confidence of my value—and yours.