Gatsbyism Quotes & Sayings

Living a lie - pretending everything is fine when we are
actually discontented - is hard work and, in the long run, even bad for our health. We pay a high price
for compromising on this honesty - and neglecting ourselves. Finding our inner passion, our mission
in life, and connecting with who we really are, our spiritual being or our higher self - this is the key to success and fulfilment. Our 'soul' purpose is our sole purpose in life. — Kristiane Backer

Most of the time, we try to tell ourselves "I'm confident" or "I'm doing well." But then, in a moment alone at home, you feel how close you are to some kind of abyss. — Christian Tetzlaff

Too much of what led up to the crisis in the old bubble days - the conspicuous consumption, the latter-day Gatsbyism - was fueled by a need to fill a huge emotional and psychological void left by the absence of meaningful work. When people cease to find meaning in work, when work is boring, alienating, and dehumanizing, the only option becomes the urge to consume - to buy happiness off the shelf, a phenomenon we now know cannot suffice in the long term. — Richard Florida

When you are 20, 40 looks really old. When I was nearing 30, that seemed like a major milestone. — Catherine Zeta-Jones

Blessed are they who feel like pilgrims and strangers in this life, and whose best things are all to come! — J.C. Ryle

I think the intellectual consistency of Christianity in historical evidence is frankly overwhelming, but my materialist colleagues regard me as a slightly sad case. — Simon Conway Morris

If you buy chocolate with loose change the calories don't count. — Janet Evanovich

I was never a coward," he says irritably, struggling out of my grasp. "I was just sensible. — James Patterson

The precision of the creator's natural laws makes existence of earth meaningful — Sunday Adelaja

Public opinion in Egypt is very antagonistic to the way the dictatorship, Mubarak dictatorship, interpreted relations with Israel. Very antagonistic. — Noam Chomsky

I know I don't want to do another single-camera show. It's so time-consuming. I did a couple of episodes of 'Whitney' as her mom, but I have been laying low. I love being with my kids and being a mom. — Jane Kaczmarek

One must understand what people are thinking, feeling and believing in order to enchant them. — Guy Kawasaki