69 Quotes About Hank-rearden

He saw, on their faces, that stubbornly evasive look...the look of a man cheating himself of his own consciousness.

I am in full agreement with the facts of everything said about me in the newspapers—with the facts, but not with the evaluation.

Do I strike you as a man with a miserable inferiority complex?”“Good God, no!”“Only that kind of man spends his life running after women.

We lived by that which we held to be good and punished that which we held to be evil. You live by that which you denounce as evil and punish that which you know to be good.

The human shapes moving past him in the streets of the city were physical objects without any meaning.

He walked with an effortless speed, feeling relaxed by a form of activity that was natural to him.

He knew that the conference was a trap; he knew also that he was walking into it with nothing for any trappers to gain.

Eddie, what do we care about people like him? We're driving an express, and they're riding on the roof, making a lot of noise about being leaders. Why should we care? We have enough power to carry them along – haven't we?

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.