At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the...

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the...

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front...

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front...

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as...

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as...

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

Her voice is full of money.

Her voice is full of money.

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...

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he...

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he...

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

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

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

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own...

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own...

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a...

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

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

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

It appears that every mans insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their...

It appears that every mans insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their...

Never confuse activity with action

Never confuse activity with action

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of...

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of...

Action is character.

Action is character.