Hank Rearden Quotes

#1. 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. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#2. He, the man of violent energy and passionate ambition, the man of achievement, lighted by the flame of his success and flung into the midst of those pretentious ashes who called themselves an intellectual elite, the burned-out remnants of undigested culture, feeding on the afterglow of the minds of others, offering their denial of the mind as their only claim to distinction, and a craving to control the world as their only lust ... #Quote by Ayn Rand

#3. What are you laughing at?"
"It's wonderful."
"What?"
"The way you don't react as everybody else does nowadays. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#4. I will not help you to pretend that I have a chance. I will not help you to preserve an appearance of righteousness where rights are not recognized. I will not help you to preserve an appearance of rationality by entering a debate in which a gun is the final argument. I will not help you to pretend that you are administering justice. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#5. Life ... had been defined as motion; man's life was purposeful motion; what was the state of a being to whom purpose and motion were denied, a being held in chains but left to breathe and to see all the magnificence of the possibilities he could have reached, left to scream "Why?" and to be shown the muzzle of a gun as sole explanation? #Quote by Ayn Rand

#6. Wondering how one went about forcing one's mind into blankness, particularly after a lifetime lived on the axiom that the constant, clearest, most ruthless function of his rational faculty was his foremost duty. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#7. On't worry about the goddamn bastards. The two words sounded shockingly violent, because his face and voice remained calm. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#8. Man, whose tool of survival is the mind, does not merely fail to teach a child to think, but devotes the child's education to the purpose of destroying his brain, of convincing him that thought is futile and evil, before he has started to think. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#9. The action of naming an issue instead of evading it, was so unlike the usual behavior of all the men he knew, it was such a sudden, startling relief ... #Quote by Ayn Rand

#10. There was still one response, the greatest, that she had missed. She thought: To find a feeling that would hold, as their sum, as their final expression, the purpose of all the things she loved on earth ... To find a consciousness like her own, who would be the meaning of her world, as she would be of his ... No, not Francisco d'Anconia, not Hank Rearden, not any man she had ever met or admired ... A man who existed only in her knowledge of her capacity for an emotion she had never felt, but would have given her life to experience. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#11. The faces of the others looked like aggregates of interchangeable features, every face oozing to blend into the anonymity of resembling all, and all looking as if they were melting. Rearden's face, with the sharp planes, the pale blue eyes, the ash-blond hair, had the firmness of ice; the uncompromising clarity of its lines made it look, among the others, as if he were moving through a fog, hit by a ray of light. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#12. I am in full agreement with the facts of everything said about me in the newspapers - with the facts, but not with the evaluation. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#13. He saw the article ... which was not an expression of ideas, but a bucket of slime emptied in public - an article that did not contain a single fact, not even an invented one, but poured a stream of sneers and adjectives in which nothing was clear except the filthy malice of denouncing without considering proof necessary. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#14. He saw the tension of the face, the speed of the walk, the drunken exhilaration of the body, drunk on the energy of sleepless nights, the proud lift of the head, the clear, steady, ruthless eyes, the eyes of a man who drove himself without pity toward that which he wanted. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#15. I refuse to apologize for my ability - I refuse to apologize for my success - I refuse to apologize for my money. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#16. She thought suddenly that she was wrong about his lack of emotion: the hidden undertone of his manner was enjoyment. She realized that she had always felt a sense of light-hearted relaxation in his presence and known that he shared it. He was the only man she knew to whom she could speak without strain or effort. This, she thought, was a mind she respected, an adversary worth matching. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#17. All your life, you have heard yourself denounced, not for your faults, but for your greatest virtues. You have been hated, not for your mistakes, but for your achievements. You have been scorned for all those qualities of character which are your highest pride. You have been called selfish for the courage of acting on your own judgment and bearing sole responsibility for your own life. You have been called arrogant for your independent mind. You have been called cruel for your unyielding integrity. You have been called anti-social for the vision that made you venture upon undiscovered roads. You have been called ruthless for the strength and self-discipline of your drive to your purpose. You have been called greedy for the magnificence of your power to create wealth. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#18. Nothing can justify injustice. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#19. He knew that the conference was a trap; he knew also that he was walking into it with nothing for any trappers to gain. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#20. Watching Larkin's efforts, Rearden felt what he did when he watched an ant struggling under the load of a matchstick. It's so hard for him, thought Rearden, and so easy for me. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#21. You always play it open, don't you?" he asked.
"I've never noticed you doing otherwise."
"I thought I was the only one who could afford to. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#22. They want us to pretend that we see the world as they pretend they see it. They need some sort of sanction from us. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#23. If you believe that you have the right to force me - use your guns openly. I will not help you to disguise the nature of your action. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#24. 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. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#25. The road was dark, edged with trees. Looking up, he could see a few leaves against the stars; the leaves were twisted and dry, ready to fall. There were distant lights in the windows of houses scattered through the countryside; but the lights made the road seem lonelier.
He never felt loneliness except when he was happy. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#26. He saw, on their faces, that stubbornly evasive look ... the look of a man cheating himself of his own consciousness. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#27. The human shapes moving past him in the streets of the city were physical objects without any meaning. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#28. He was seeing the full extent of her failure - in the immensity of his own indifference. The droning stream of her insults was like the sound of a distant riveting machine, a long, impotent pressure that reached nothing within him. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#29. He did not know that he was expected to attempt to buy his way into society and that they anticipated the pleasure of rejecting him. He had no time to notice their disappointment. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#30. He stood looking at her as if it took all of his effort to keep his eyes directed at her face, to keep seeing her, to endure the sight. "What do you want?" he asked. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#31. will, when he gets here. But, boy! - I'd work for him as a cinder sweeper. He'd blast through this valley like a rocket. He'd triple everybody's production." "Who's that?" "Hank Rearden. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#32. If you intend to keep your word, don't talk about it, just do it. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#33. Now he was contemplating, impersonally and for the first time, the real heart of terror: being delivered to destruction with one's hands tied behind one's back. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#34. Don't try it."
"What?"
"To win any battle when I set the terms."
She did not answer. She was struck by what the words made her feel; it was not an emotion, but a physical sensation of pleasure ... #Quote by Ayn Rand

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

#36. Such was the code that the world had accepted and such was the key to the code: that it hooked man's love of existence to a circuit of torture, so that only the man who had nothing to offer would have nothing to fear, so that the virtues which made life possible and the values which gave it meaning became the agents of its destruction, so that one's best became the tool of one's agony, and man's life on earth became impractical. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#37. It was his self-esteem she had sought to destroy, knowing that a man who surrenders his value is at the mercy of anyone's will; it was his moral purity she had struggled to breach, it was his confident rectitude she had wanted to shatter by means of the poison of guilt - as if, were he to collapse, his depravity would give her a right to hers. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#38. They had counted on his pity and dreaded his anger; they had not dared consider the third alternative: his indifference. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#39. There's no way to make the irrational work. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#40. He had acquired the conviction that one had to concern oneself with the rational, not the insane - that one had to seek that which was right, because the right answer always won - that the senseless, the wrong, the monstrously unjust could not work, could not succeed, could do nothing but defeat itself. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#41. The '67 model was the last good Volks - and the young men knew it. "Hepburn, they stole our fucking car." "Oh Hank, surely not!" "It's gone. It was sitting there." I pointed. "Now it's gone." "Hank, what will we do?" "We'll take a taxi. I really feel bad." "Why do people do that?" "They have to. It's their way out." We #Quote by Charles Bukowski

#42. Love it or hate it, Obamacare is the law of the land. It was passed by Congress, signed into law by President Obama, declared constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court and ratified by a majority of Americans, who reelected the president for a second term. #Quote by Hank Johnson

#43. It's all over but the crying. #Quote by Hank Williams, Jr.

#44. If you boys are psychologist types and you've been listening to my endless debriefings with Hank, what the hell is Donna's handle? How do I get next to her? I mean, how is it done? With that kind of sweet, unique, stubborn little chick? #Quote by Philip K. Dick

#45. People who "don't consider race or gender" sure seem to end up hiring almost all white guys, almost as if they're absolutely considering race and gender. #Quote by Hank Green

#46. I shall be your guide through the fields of frantic holiday shoppers. You will come to depend on me. I'll be your Sherpa through the human mountain, your faithful Saint Bernard, guiding you through the shopping Alps, your Strider, hauling your poor hobbit ass through the perils of Middle Earth-"
"My Gollum, prepared to dump my hobbit ass in the volcano," Hank finished, although it was hard because he was fighting laughter with every word. #Quote by Amy Lane

#47. I guess for me the greatest injustice is to see people robbed of that interiority and process of association. #Quote by Hank Azaria

#48. It's always impressive when talented comedians are easy laughers or generous with their laughs. #Quote by Hank Azaria

#49. My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety. #Quote by Hank Stram

#50. Branding is something designers think about a lot. You take something like a perfume or car tire, or butt-flavored bubblegum, and you ask questions about it that you shouldn't be able to ask. What kind of tuxedo would this car tire wear to the prom? What is this perfume's favorite movie? You try to end up in a place where you understand a product as if it is a person.

The reverse of this, where people become brands, should be easy right? They're already people... End at the beginning. Except that really what you're doing when you brand is a process of simplification. You come to understand the essence of that fucking tire. And so branding a person also benefits dramatically from simplicity. People are complicated, but brands are simple. #Quote by Hank Green

#51. Students graduating with high debt encounter difficulties in qualifying for home and automobile loans. #Quote by Hank Johnson

#52. When you're faced with something you don't understand, I think the most natural but also the least interesting thing you can beis afraid. #Quote by Hank Green

#53. So you officially have an employee. They make your life easier, but only if you use them. #Quote by Hank Green

#54. You weren't supposed to hear Elvis Presley. You weren't supposed to hear Jerry Lee Lewis. You weren't supposed to hear Robert Johnson. You weren't supposed to hear Hank Williams. And they told the story of the secret America. #Quote by Bruce Springsteen

#55. Direct questions are the worst. Cops must know this--when someone asks you a question, it is really, really hard not to answer it. It's even harder when people dig up old tweets and put them side by side with new ones and you can't really explain the discrepancy. And then other people see the discrepancy and they start liking and retweeting and rephrasing. And they also see your silence, and your silence looks like an answer. It's an extremely effective interrogation tactic, and most people make either a tearful apology or an enraged counterattack.
This is why Twitter callouts tend to end so badly. Apology is never enough (and probably shouldn't be), so you're basically being asked to willingly give up power for no clear end. The best people actually do that. But the real shitfucks go on the offense, and then their communities get an infusion of victimhood narratives straight into their veins. #Quote by Hank Green

#56. I have to confess I can't have the holiday season without "Hard Candy Christmas". For some reason, it makes me think of the sticky ribbon candy bowl my mid-western grandma always had. #Quote by Hank Stuever

#57. I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it. #Quote by Jerry B. Jenkins

#58. Sure, this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is left with his foot stuck in the mud from all of the Republicans with the way he's treated. We have moved in the right direction, and there have been improvements, but we still have a long ways to go in the country. #Quote by Hank Aaron

#59. I love acting, but I want to explore other things. #Quote by Hank Azaria

#60. Even trying it as an actor, I never thought I'd actually make it. #Quote by Hank Azaria

#61. Humanity is good. Some people are terrible and broken, but humanity is good. I believe that. #Quote by Hank Green

#62. Stand by your own honorable convictions before the putrid stench of others permanently stains you. #Quote by Hank Bracker

#63. You know what they didn't do, though? They didn't, not one single time, say, "What were you thinking?!" Not because they knew or because they understood - I really don't think they did. They didn't ask that because I sure as hell didn't stab myself in the back, and when a radical extremist stabs someone in the back, the only person at fault is the radical extremist. #Quote by Hank Green

#64. I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself. #Quote by Hank Williams

#65. Ferris: Are you going to be as impractical as that? Rearden: The evaluation of an action as practical, Dr. Ferris, depends on what it is that one wishes to practice. Ferris: Haven't you always placed your self-interest above all else? Rearden: That is what I am doing right now. #Quote by Ayn Rand

#66. As is often the case, it was the easier choice to make, and the more difficult choice to live with. #Quote by Hank Green

#67. For the record, I like Hank," he told me. "Um ... " I muttered, not knowing where he was leading with this and I still did not want to know. "I'm glad to hear it." "Things don't work out with you and Hank ... " I waited while he paused, my eyes wide, my lips parted, my heart thumping. "You can erase my day. #Quote by Kristen Ashley

#68. I always felt if you were going to be successful, make sure you get good people. You win with great players. Coaches don't win games. Players win games. #Quote by Hank Stram

#69. The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They don't attend our schools, get married and have children. They don't vote in our elections. #Quote by Hank Johnson

#70. Dennis to friend: No use crying, Joey. There aren't any grownups around. #Quote by Hank Ketcham

#71. Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more. #Quote by Hank Aaron

#72. I cracked one over a row a trailers that bordered the outfield fence- hit it so hard that Ted Williams came running out from the clubhouse wanting to know who it was that could a bat sound that way when it struck a baseball. #Quote by Hank Aaron

#73. Don't worry, your prayers have been answered. I'm leaving. #Quote by Hank Moody

#74. You can't win unless you have good people with great attitude. They are the ones who won the games. I didn't win any games. You never saw a coach make a tackle anywhere. My philosophy was to get the best players and then try to do something new with them. #Quote by Hank Stram

#75. I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face. #Quote by Hank Aaron

#76. I'm not much a TV reporter, as in someone who covers the daily machinations of the television industry, though I certainly follow it and weave it into my reviews and essays about the medium. #Quote by Hank Stuever

#77. He plead insanity like they do now all the time. Sir, what would you have done in 1859? #Quote by Hank Williams, Jr.

#78. The melodies were melodies that anybody could sing or hum or whistle. And the words were just about that simple. I think the stories Hank told in his song fit so many people. Nearly everybody in the audience acted as if Hank were singin to them alone. #Quote by Don Helms

#79. I know that that doesn't make even a little bit of sense. That was the point, that beautiful incongruence. #Quote by Hank Green

#80. The receivers are an integral part of the passing game. #Quote by Hank Stram

#81. But your real is real whether you deal with it or not. #Quote by Hank Green

#82. Oh, I always encourage women to come. It does not always happen, but I like to think that I'm at least encouraging. #Quote by Hank Moody

#83. What're you doin' up so early?"
"Says the rancher," [Lainie] replied dryly.
"Funny. Maybe me 'n' Kyle had plans for this morning." [Hank] waggled his eyebrows.
"Maybe you and Kyle should've gotten up sooner." She sipped her coffee. "The early cowboy gets to stick his worm in the cowgirl and all that. #Quote by Lorelei James

#84. Death was a one-shot deal - it happened, and then you were free. Sally was an old-school southern woman, and Hank knew first-hand that they weren't nearly as kind as death when they got cross. #Quote by Drew Hayes

#85. Hank, when people call people nerds mostly what they're saying is,'You like stuff'. #Quote by John Green

#86. His eyes were cold steel, his mouth fixed in a hard line. "I like my face the way it is," he said icily. "You scar it with your nails as you did my chest and I swear I will give you equal scars. Think about that, Sam, before you use your claws again."
Tears sprang to her eyes. "You're cruel, Hank. You leave me nothing."
"And what did you leave me when you stole my heart?" he asked softly.
She stared back at him, searching his eyes, seeing only naked honesty. #Quote by Johanna Lindsey

#87. Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and that's only expedited by 'Out of sight, out of mind.' But when you walk outside and see them on a billboard or on TV or on the cover of a magazine, it reopens the wound. It's a high-class problem, but it's real. #Quote by Hank Azaria