Quotes & Sayings About The Great Gatsby Chapter 1

That's not fair! You can't talk back to the Tales! They are all we have! — John C. Wright

I really like when I read a scene and it scares me. That makes me excited. — Lily Rabe

I've done a lot of period dramas, but I love modern productions, too. — Rupert Evans

By the winter of 1945-1946, the Russian peoples were being warned of the dangers from the West. — Carroll Quigley

Ever since that night I've been on the road Travelling and trying to forget That awful night I lost all my friends I see their faces yet. — Phil Coulter

The origin of the word fail means to stop functioning. So as long as you haven't stopped, you haven't failed. — Toni Sorenson

Kona was in tears, wailing like Bob Marley in a bear trap
inconsolable. — Christopher Moore

I want to kiss you," he said. Forget pride. He wanted her too much "Can I?"
She nodded. "You don't' ever have to ask me that again. I'll always say yes. — Veronica Rossi

The abrupt and sudden death of my wife has taken a severe emotional and psychic toll on me. On top of that, some people have stooped so low that they have tried to use my personal tragedy for their personal benefit. — Shashi Tharoor

The increasing desolation of nature, the exhaustion of resources, the uneasiness and disintegration of the human spirit, all have been brought about by humanity's trying to accomplish something. — Masanobu Fukuoka

Life is short, nature is hostile, and man is ridiculous; but oddly enough most misfortunes have their compensations, and with a certain humour and a good deal of horse-sense one can make a fairly good job of what is after all a matter of very small consequence. — W. Somerset Maugham

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. — Henry Ward Beecher

A nation's character is the sum of its splendid deeds; they constitute one common patrimony, the nation's inheritance. They awe foreign powers, they arouse and animate our own people. — Henry Clay

Even now with the operation, with the damage done, my ankle probably is never going to be back to 100 per cent. — Casey Stoner

Young girls often feel strong, courageous, highly creative, and powerful until they begin to receive undermining sexist messages that encourage them to conform to conventional notions of femininity. To conform they have to give up power. — Bell Hooks