Quotes & Sayings About Irony In The Great Gatsby

My friend Jack Wagner has often, in Mexico, assumed this state of being. Let us say we wanted to walk in the streets of Mexico ity but not at random. We would choose some article almost certain not to exist there and then diligently try to find it. — John Steinbeck

I just hope His Majesty, may minstrels compose epics at the sound of his glorious name, will do as you say and give this land to its people. — Rae Carson

We have come to the edge of the abyss and now it is time for a bold step forward. There is a political view that the tougher you are, the more credible you are. — Ed Balls

The truth that I am seeking is in your missing file. — Bob Dylan

There is a price for all things, my son, for all men. I have merely to find his. — Conn Iggulden

They forget that the vampaneze were once our brothers, that by destroying them, we destroy a part of ourselves. Most vampire never realize how pointless and savage war truly is. You were smart enough to see through the truth. Don't ever forget it. — Darren Shan

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off. — Colin Powell

The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed. — Soren Kierkegaard

But what am I to do? I must have some drug, and reading isn't a strong enough drug now. By writing it all down (all? - no: one thought in a hundred) I believe I get a little outside it. That's how I'd defend it to H. But ten to one she'd see a hole in the defence. — C.S. Lewis

The spiritual element, the really important part of religion, has no concern with Time and Space, temporary mundane laws, or conduct. — Richard Le Gallienne

Only by art can we get outside ourselves, instead of seeing only one world, our own, we see it under multiple forms. — Marcel Proust