Great Gatsby Wasteland Quotes & Sayings

There is no example of someone reading their scripture and saying, 'I have a prediction about the world that no one knows yet, because this gave me insight. Let's go test that prediction,' and have the prediction be correct. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

The job is trying to create movie shots that have depth, that have the meanings you need them to have, and then good enough so that they will add something to the final picture. They will make the picture; they'll get into the picture, and give them what they need. It's an interesting job. — Robert Forster

Who else speaks for the Family of Man?
They are in tune and step
with constellations of universal law. — Carl Sandburg

Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live. — Joyce Meyer

Any system described by a power law [ ... ] has several curious effects. The first is that, by definition, most participants are below average. — Clay Shirky

A master should be paid liberally, in order to secure a person properly qualified. — Frederick Romilly

Other men look to him as someone to emulate. His church calls on him for strength and leadership. He is a preserver of culture and a champion of society to keep out evil and usher in good. — Tony Evans

The God I decide to believe in is the God of the bathroom floor. A God of scandalously low expectations. A God who smiles down at a drunk on the floor, wasted and afraid, and says, There you are. I've been waiting. Are you ready to make something beautiful with me? I look at the blue cross and decide I will let it be. I will stop deeming myself unworthy of invitations and trust the inviter. I will test out the ridiculous, nonsensical possibility that somehow, in some way I can't yet see, I will rise to meet this call. Yes, — Glennon Doyle Melton

Do either one of you know how to turn this thing on?"
I join him and punch a couple buttons on the [printer's] front panel, but nothing happens.
"We are pitiful," he says.
Elena walks past us, reaches a hand behind the copier, and pushes a switch. The machine begins to hum and glow. "Speak for yourself. — Paul Acampora

I would say that my parents were supportive of me. — Sanford I. Weill

We're creatures of contact regardless of whether/ we kiss or we wound. Still, we must come together. — David Rakoff