“There's the building that should have been yours. There are buildings...” – Ellsworth Toohey, The Fountainhead ... Movie Quotes Database

Ellsworth Toohey

There's the building that should have been yours. There are buildings going up all over the city which are great chances refused and given to incompetent fools. You're walking the streets while they're doing the work that you love but cannot obtain. This city is closed to you. It is I who have done it! Don't you want to know my motive?

Howard Roark

No!

Ellsworth Toohey

I'm fighting you and shall fight you in every way I can.

Howard Roark

You're free to do what you please!

Ellsworth Toohey

Mr. Roark, we're alone here. Why don't you tell me what you think of me in any words you wish.

Howard Roark

But I don't think of you!
[Roark walks away and Toohey's head slumps down]

In this scene

Howard Roark Gary Cooper More Howard Roark quotes →

Ellsworth Toohey More Ellsworth Toohey quotes →

More from The Fountainhead

Peter Keating But it's a humanitarian project. Think of the people who live in slums. If you can give them decent housing, you can perform a noble deed. Would you do it just for their sake? Howard Roark No! A man who works for others without payment is a slave! I do not believe that slavery is noble. Not in any form, nor for any purpose, whatsoever! Howard Roark I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build! Howard Roark A building has integrity, just as a man and just as seldom! It must be true to its own idea, have its own form, and serve its own purpose!