Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around...

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around...

Never confuse activity with action

Never confuse activity with action

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like...

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas...

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas...

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of...

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of...

Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the...

In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present...

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present...

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be...

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be...