I've Been Acting For My Own Sake - NOT, Nor Have I EVER Been Out Here To SAVE DUMB Fucking Lives

""Thank you, Hank," he said.

Rearden smiled. "I will repeat what you said when I thanked you, on our first meeting: 'If you understand that I acted for my own sake, you know that no gratitude is required.'"

"I will repeat," said Galt, "the answer you gave me: 'That is why I thank you.'"

- Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, pg 1157