Death Of The American Dream In The Great Gatsby Quotes

#1. Nothing really succeeds which is not based on reality; sham, in a large sense, is never successful. In the life of the individual, as in the more comprehensive life of the State, pretension is nothing and power is everything.

Edwin Percy Whipple

#2. My first car was a Toyota 4Runner when I was 17. I paid for it myself. I was very happy.

Apolo Ohno

#3. Sometimes we're only born to die, my dear. But if that is what you're destined for - to die - then embrace it and don't be afraid when it comes

K. Weikel

#4. After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.

Pierre Corneille

#5. Be honest about who you are and good things will come.

Lane Hayes

#6. Arthur Jelliby was a very nice young man, which was perhaps the reason why he had never made much of a politician.

Stefan Bachmann

#7. If there is a strong will, there will always be a path even in the middle of precipices!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#8. I've never understood the appeal of anything referred to as 'hash.

J.D. Robb

#9. Everything is art and it's part of the painting. (To talk with somebody it's art, to understand a language is art, to understand a book is art, to understand somebody is art...)

Deyth Banger