Roark Quotes

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

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?

"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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Gosh, even Roark noticed Dominique.