Tag: F. Scott Fitzgerald
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After all, life hasn’t much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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There are no second acts in American lives.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter.
F. Scott Fitzgerald