Quotes About West Egg And East Egg In The Great Gatsby

#1. A formal manipulator in mathematics often experiences the discomforting feeling that his pencil surpasses him in intelligence.

Howard Whitley Eves

#2. A studio allows me more freedom. You can create your own sort of reality which is actually more exciting than shooting on location. You can conjure up a complete atmosphere of escapism for the public.

Ken Adam

#3. What does it mean when nightmares dream of peace? When shadows wish for light?

Melissa Marr

#4. Most of the people of this world are coated round and round with self-esteem, and they're afraid to admit any understanding of the things which aren't good.

Susan Glaspell

#5. The function of man is to live, not to exist.

Jack London

#6. Harry could feel his earlobes getting hot. How could this gay clown make him, a fully grown man, so embarrassed that he looked like a Brit after six hours on a Spanish beach?

Jo Nesbo

#7. In any area of human endeavour, there is going to be mediocrity. You're going to find people who get money that they shouldn't get.

Bill Bryson

#8. That's what I like about [smoking] ... taking a drag off of death, Mmm! Gives me a sense of controlling my own destiny. What power! What exhilaration! Want a drag?

Beth Henley

#9. I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue to work to assert the role of this body in carrying out this grave responsibility.

Patrick J. Kennedy