"Itâ€™s Fitzgeraldâ€™s thin-but-durable urge to affirm that finally makes Gatsby worthy of being our Great American Novel. Its soaring conclusion tells us that, even though Gatsby dies and the small and corrupt survive, his longing was nonetheless magnificent."

-- Maureen Corrigan

#Longing Quotes #Great American Quotes #Worthy Quotes

“It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately.”
“There is an old joke that went around- it goes, in the beginning God made man in His own image, and since the fall, man has been seeking to return the compliment.”
“Whenever I travel anywhere, I'm constantly asked if I'm Swedish. It's the burden of most Norwegians. The Swedes have just got a better publicity agent, I think.”

Source : "Q&A – Christopher Heyerdahl (The Swede)". Interview with Brian Fegter, www.amc.com.
“When it comes down to it, it's giving people a good night out in a basic way and I think my company guarantees that. There's always something new and something to excite us and surprise us, and that's why people come back, I hope.”
“I'm going down in history with Star Trek. It's a great feeling.”
“I've worked on other shows where the sense is like, "Well, don't change it too much," you know? But on this one [ Too Much Tuna], Nick [Kroll] and John [Mulaney] - beyond being amazing performers - are also writers, and wanted to keep improving upon the show, particularly the play within a play. I think the writing just got funnier and funnier.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Man's freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man's enslavement of man.”

Source : "The Green Book". Book by Muammar al-Gaddafi, 1975.
“Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.”

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