Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)

Grant Bowler: Henry 'Hank' Rearden

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Quotes 

• Henry Rearden : What is your purpose in talking to me?

  Francisco D'Anconia : Let's just say it is to give you the words you will need for the time you will need them.

• Henry Rearden : I'm curious... is it alright with you that I'm squeezing every penny of profit I can from your emergency?

  Dagny Taggart : I have to get the Rio Norte completely re-railed in nine months or Taggart Transcontinental will crash.

  Henry Rearden : They're doing their best to make it harder for you aren't they?

  Dagny Taggart : Yes, but it's useless to get angry with people like my brother and his friends in Washington. I don't have time for it. I have to undo what they've done.

  Henry Rearden : And after?

  Dagny Taggart : After, they won't matter anyway.

• Henry Rearden : The next time you decide to throw a party, can you stick to your own crowd? Don't bother inviting people you think are my friends.

  Lillian Rearden : But Henry, you don't have any friends.

• Henry Rearden : What exactly is your motive here?

  Francisco D'Anconia : Let us say, to give you the words you need for the time when you'll need them.

• Henry Rearden : What are you doing with yourself these days?

  Phillip Rearden : I'm working for Friends of Global Awareness.

  Henry Rearden : I know them. What do you want?

  Phillip Rearden : Money.

  Henry Rearden : Doesn't everyone? Call my office first thing in the morning. I'll authorize a hundred grand for you.

  Phillip Rearden : You really don't care about helping the underprivileged, do you?

  Henry Rearden : No Phillip, I don't, but it'll make you happy.

  Phillip Rearden : Oh, it's not for me Hank. It's for the benefit of the less privileged. You think I can have the money wired to my account?

  Henry Rearden : A wire? Why?

  Phillip Rearden : Well, the thing is, it's a Progressive group. They wouldn't appreciate your name on a check.

• Paul Larkin : They say you're intractable, you're ruthless, your only goal is to make money.

  Henry Rearden : My only goal is to make money.

  Paul Larkin : [whisper]  Yes, but you shouldn't say it.

• Henry Rearden : What is wrong with the world?

  Paul Larkin : Don't ask useless questions. How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky? Who is John Galt?

• Henry Rearden : What battle? I don't fight the disarmed.

• Dagny Taggart : It's a real mystery why the Twentieth Century Motor Company failed.

  Henry Rearden : It's no mystery. Bad ideas brought it down.

  Dagny Taggart : Ideas?

  Henry Rearden : As I understand it, the company flattened the wage scale and still paid everyone according to their needs, not according to their contributions.

  Dagny Taggart : Why all these stupid altruistic urges? It's not being charitable or fair. What is it with people today?

  Henry Rearden : so, after a short while, no surprise the smartest managers and the better workers left the company. The hundreds of remaining staff couldn't handle it alone.

  [bird wings flapping away] 

  Henry Rearden : Service dropped, quality in their once-great products was gone and that was that. The Twentieth Century Motor Company went under.

  Dagny Taggart : That's depressing.