Francisco D'Anconia Quotes

A collection of quotes by Francisco D'Anconia.

Francisco D'Anconia is a fictional character from Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged." He is portrayed as a brilliant and charismatic industrialist, born into a wealthy copper mining family in Argentina. D'Anconia is known for his exceptional intelligence, entrepreneurial skills, and his success in various industries. However, as the story unfolds, it is revealed that D'Anconia's true intentions and motivations are more complex than they initially appear. N/A

If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoul

If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders -- what would you tell him to do? I don't know. What could he do? What would you tell him? To shrug.

Francisco D'Anconia

Adversity