“Don't ever get angry at a man for stating the truth."Dagny Taggart”

“Moments later, when she saw the look of control returning to his face, she said, "Don't ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.”

“Do it first and feel about it afterwards.' - Dagny Taggart”

“Oh, but I am quite resigned to taking second place in the shadow of my husband. I am humbly aware that the wife of a great man has to be contented with reflected glory - don't you think so Miss Taggart?" "No," said Dagny, "I don't.”

“I'm not asking you to do your best. I'm asking you to do your job." -Dagny Taggart”

“You have forbidden me to look for you, you may damn me, you may choose to discard me...but by the right of the fact that I am alive, I must know that you are...I must see you this once."- Dagny Taggart”

“She watched the prairies the rivers, the towns slipping past at an untouchable distance below - and she noted that the sense of detachment one feels when looking at the earth from a plane was the same sense she felt when looking at people: only her distance from people seemed longer. - Dagny Taggart”