The Fountainhead Society and Class Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Volume.Chapter.Paragraph.)

Quote #7

If the violence of the battles which people never hear about could be measured in material statistics, the battle of Kent Lansing against the board of directors of the Aquitania Corporation would have been listed among the greatest carnages of history. (2.10.31)

The narrator doesn't often get to display a sense of humor, but this is one of the rare, and awesome, exceptions. We get a good example of a mock epic here, when a dull board meeting is described in terms associated with great battles.

Quote #8

"The senseless is the major factor in our lives." (2.12.82)

Toohey should get a gig writing depressing fortune cookies. This introduces a debate about free will (Roark is for it, Toohey is not), and also describes society at large as rather stupid.

Quote #9

The public asked for crime, scandal and sentiment. Gail Wynand provided it. (3.1.170)

The public is a bunch of heathens, and Wynand's contempt and bitterness toward his audience come out strongly in this section of the book, which deals with Wynand's career.