Quotes & Sayings About The Great Gatsby Chapter 5

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to. — W.C. Fields

Through having different conversations, I have 'real-eyesed' how common and easy it is to make decisions based on unquestioned belief systems, traditions and concepts we were raised with ... by the very same humans who followed the exact same unquestioned patterns.
These conditions govern our lives in EVERY way imaginable. — Dana Gore

Amaziah, the high priest, for it is, after all, the selfish religious establishment which has led the people into this institutionalized and meaningless form of religion. — Anonymous

PRACTICE Today, wear your oldest and least presentable clothes, no matter what's on the schedule. Notice how people react. Think about what it is like to move about in a consumerist society when you cannot afford to keep up appearances. Pray for awareness regarding your own sense of self-worth when you are not "looking your best." Ask to be freed up from this unnecessary self-preoccupation. Notice how the flowers grow. They do not toil or spin. But I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of them. (Lk 12:27) — Paula Huston

The Israelis want security. The Arabs want dignity. And they consider the demands of each other as incompatible. — Henry A. Kissinger