Quotes & Sayings About The American Dream In The Great Gatsby With Page Numbers

We have to believe in free will, we have no other choice. — James Rozoff

your rainbow colors
come out to play when it pours -
chase the gray away — Betsy E. Snyder

Nobody sane loves working in an office, It's against human nature to be locked up in a cubicle all day long. — Peter Clines

Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one ... or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true to yourselves and the Constitution, there is little harm I can do, thank God. — Abraham Lincoln

The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you'll be when it counts. — Bill Parcells

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that aren't neutral. — Laurie Anderson

I've actually traveled quite a bit with various authors. Judith Miller and I toured the highlands in Scotland with Liz Curtis Higgs, and that was incredible fun. However, I love going with my husband, who - although he is not a writer per se, he is a historian and can give me a lot of insight on various historical locations. — Tracie Peterson

What I know about poker, you can fit into a thimble with room left over, but I'm learning. — Wilford Brimley

Living the Dream — J.R. Sharp

It's called the pursuit of perfection. The pursuit is the idea that you'll never be perfect in gymnastics but you can continue to pursue it as long as you're doing it. I don't think it's possible to be perfect in gymnastics. It's just one of those sports that you're always trying to improve and pursue that perfection. — Jonathan Horton

You get where you are by yourself. There's no regret in that. That's just the way it is. — Daniel Orozco

Louie's mother, Louise, took a different tack. Louie was a copy of herself, right down to the vivid blue eyes. When pushed, she shoved; sold a bad cut of meat, she'd march down to the butcher, frying pan in hand. Loving mischief, she spread icing over a cardboard box and presented it as a birthday cake to a neighbor, who promptly got the knife stuck. When Pete told her he'd drink his castor oil if she gave him an empty candy box. "You only asked for the box, honey," she said with a smile. "That's all I got." And she understood Louie's restiveness. One Halloween, she dressed as a boy and raced around town trick-or-treating with Louie and Pete. A gang of kids, thinking she was one of the local toughs, tackled her and tried to steal her pants. Little Louise Zamperini, mother of four, was deep in the melee when the cops picked her up for brawling. — Laura Hillenbrand

Take back the night? How can women take back the night when they've never had it? — Ellen Willis

All that remained were poignant memories, and she must face reality, not live on dreams. — Elizabeth Chadwick

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life. — Carolyn Wells