Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Thinking Quotes

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

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...

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how...

When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how...

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little...

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little...

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...

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...

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...

His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted...

His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted...

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or...

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or...

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the...

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the...

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

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.

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race,...

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race,...

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...

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...

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth...

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth...

Action is character.

Action is character.