He walked, groping for a sentence that hung in his mind as an empty shape. He could neither fill it or dismiss it.

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.

Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to produce a value and keep it, but moral to give it away? And if it is not moral for you to keep a value, why is it moral for others to accept it? If you are selfless and virtuous when you give it, are they not selfish and vicious when they take it?

Im waiting, for what, my kind of people, what kind is that, i can tell my kind of people by their faces, by something in their faces.

Roark smiled, "Gail, if this boat were sinking, I'd give my life to save you. Not because it's any kind of duty. Only because I like you, for reasons and standards of my own. I could die for you. But I couldn't and wouldn't live for you.

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

It's not about who's going to let me; it's about who's going to stop me.