New York City Great Gatsby Quotes & Sayings

God brought us to the water," [Emery] breathed as she struggled.
"No, I took us to the water. — Shandy L. Kurth

In a perfect Friendship this Appreciative love is, I think, often so great and so firmly based that each member of the circle feels, in his secret heart, humbled before the rest. Sometimes he wonders what he is doing there among his betters. He is lucky beyond desert to be in such company. Especially when the whole group is together; each bringing out all that is best, wisest, or funniest in all the others. Those are the golden sessions; when four or five of us after a hard day's walk have come to our inn; when our slippers are on, our feet spread out toward the blaze and our drinks are at our elbows; when the whole world, and something beyond the world, opens itself to our minds as we talk; and no one has any claim on or any responsibility for another, but all are freemen and equals as if we had first met an hour ago, while at the same time an Affection mellowed by the years enfolds us. Life - natural life - has no better gift to give. Who could have deserved it? — C.S. Lewis

Even before the letter he'd been divided: one part of him swanning with Jay Gatsby around an imaginary Gotham; the other part stolid and earthbound, nose to the deep fryer, in the stifling, sizzling South. — Garth Risk Hallberg

There seems a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labor of the novelist, and of slighting performances which have only genius, wit and taste to recommend them. — Jane Austen

Selam is our most complete skeleton of a three-year-old girl who lived and died 3.3 million years ago. She belongs to the species known as Australopithecus afarensis. — Zeresenay Alemseged

Is it reasonable to assume a purposiveness in all the parts of nature and to deny it to the whole? — Immanuel Kant

A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it, than by the woods and swamps that surround it. — Henry David Thoreau

In the same way, we who are clothed in Christ have great power and none greater than to love - without which, to quote Paul, the rest is nothing. But only in surrendering the old business suit do we see who we really are. — Ted Dekker

I remember when I was a freshman in college, I was still somewhat bothered by ... worried ... about religion. I remember going to this professor of philosophy and telling him that I had lost my faith. — B.F. Skinner

Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

To change the world we must heal our women, because it is the women who teach us how to love. — Robert M. Drake

I don't do a lot of collaborations that I don't believe in. Actually, I don't do any collaborations that I don't believe in. — Janelle Monae

They do a lot of talking, but I'm not sure they actually understand each other. — Darren McCarty

You are the only person who can decide how you wish to live your life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I learned the songs and played the gigs, and then they called me about a month later. They told me they were like super stoked on me and asked me to join their band. — Travis Barker