Ag Howard Quotes

Ag Howard Quote of the day

But I don't think of you. - Howard Roark

There are two questions a man must ask himself: The first is 'Where am I going?' and the second is 'Who will go with me?' If you ever get these questions in the wrong order you are in trouble.

I think everything I do has Howard Roark [hero of The Fountainhead] in it, you know, as much as anything. The person I write for is Howard Roark.

I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life.

My dear fellow, who will let you?" "That's not the point. The point is, who will stop me?

For ages past the Genius of Literature and the Genius of Art have walked together hand in hand. For the Goddess of letters is blind, and only she of Art can lend her sight.

"You were not born to be a second-hander." Howard Roark to Gail Wynand in "The Fountainhead"

I’m not capable of suffering completely. I never have. It goes only down to a certain point and then it stops. As long as there is that untouched point, it’s not really pain.

It’s a law of survival, isn’t it?—to seek the best. I didn’t come for your sake. I came for mine.

...the best is a matter of standards—and I set my own standards.

I’ll listen if you want me to... But I think I should tell you now that nothing you can say will make any difference. If you don’t mind that, I don’t mind listening.

All that which proceeds from man’s independent ego is good. All that which proceeds from man’s dependence upon men is evil.

And, after all, you’ve got to live.”“Not that way, ” said Roark.

A man’s spirit is his self. That entity which is his consciousness. To think, to feel, to judge, to act are functions of the ego.

Roark spoke quietly. He was the only man in the room who felt certain of his own words.

She found a dark satisfaction in pain—because that pain came from him.

An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary is irrelevant.

We were Negroes and our concern was the white man and how to get along with him

You crave chaos. You're happiest when the world is in an uproar. You thrive on madness. Even when your magic is at its best when it's the catalyst to confusion. You still can't admit this?

If the judgement makes the law and not the law directs the judgement, it is impossible there should be such a thing as an illegal judgement given.

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy

In the beginning, one soul split into two creating soul mates. And ever the two shall wander seeking each other. -Unknown

A law is not good merely because the legislature wills it, but the legislature has the mortal duty to will only that which is good.

What I have written is but a fleeting intimation of the outside of what one man sees and may tell about the path he walks. No one shares the secret of a life