Great Gatsby Unrealistic Expectations Quotes & Sayings

A friend of mine tells me that a Beethoven symphony can solve for him a problem of conduct. I've no doubt that it does so simply by giving him a sense of the tragedy and the greatness of human destiny, which makes his personal anxieties seem small, which throws them into a new proportion. — Joyce Cary

If you cut a thing up, of course it will smell. Hence, nothing raises such an infernal stink at last, as human psychology. — D.H. Lawrence

As often is the case with addictions, the fanciful notion of a gradual discontinuance only provided a comforting pretext for more sustained indulgence. — Ron Chernow

Theatre remains the only thing I understand. It is in the community of theatre that I have my being. In spite of jealousies and fears, emotional conflicts and human tensions; in spite of the penalty of success and the dread of failure; in spite of tears and feverish gaiety this is the only life I know. It is the life I love. — Robert Helpmann

I can't write a book like 'Lamb' or 'Fool' every year. It just takes too much research and craft. — Christopher Moore

When one watches some tired hack on the platform mechanically repeating the familiar phrases - bestial atrocities, iron heel, blood-stained tyranny, free peoples of the world, stand shoulder to shoulder - one often has a curious feeling that one is not watching a live human being but some kind of dummy, the appropriate noises are coming out of his larynx, but his brain is not involved — George Orwell

I will always stand firm to protect the sanctity of marriage. I believe it is important to work with people to find common ground on difficult issues. — George W. Bush

I understand very well that politicians always have to bridge the gap until the next election, even if long-term dangers increase as a result. But as an economist, my time horizon is longer. — Hans-Werner Sinn

Privatization will always be a timid ideology as long as architects are allowed to unveil their buildings. — Bauvard

I think that without sushi there would be no David Hasselhoff, because sushi is like the perfect way of describing the insides of David Hasselhoff. He is like a protein, clean and easy. That's how I feel about myself. — David Hasselhoff

Live like a tree, giving, forgiving and free. — Debasish Mridha

The only 'afterlife' is what other people remember of you. — Craig Venter