Great Gatsby Symbols Quotes & Sayings

What if everything that is to happen has already happened, and only the consequences are playing themselves out? — Teju Cole

Everyone knew Eleanor was the smartest person in their class. So when she said sabotage the rest of them went scrambling for the Merriam-Webster dictionary. — Judy Blume

I'm always amazed when any actor can decipher my direction. — Spike Jonze

Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you may win Southern independence, but I doubt it. The North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche. — Sam Houston

To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history. — Lord Acton

In the future, I want to be consistent from Day 1. We're still making adjustments. I still believe that I can be better. — Johan Santana

Afterwards Smiley always thought of that interview as a fan dance; a calculated progression of disclosures, each revealing different parts of a mysterious entity. Finally Steed-Asprey, who seemed to be Chairman, removed the last veil, and the truth stood before him in all its dazzling nakedness. He was being offered a post in what, for want of a better name, Steed-Asprey blushingly described as the Secret Service. — John Le Carre

transgressions one — Martha Hodes

Serious accidents are frequently blamed on "human error." Yet careful analysis of such situations shows that the design or installation of the equipment has contributed significantly to the problems. The design team or installers did not pay sufficient attention to the needs of those who would be using the equipment, so confusion or error was almost unavoidable. — Donald A. Norman

If we have any power to console the weary, it is the result of our remembrance of what we once suffered, - for here lies our power to sympathize. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

People would have more leisure time if it weren't for all the leisure-time activities that use it up. — Peg Bracken