Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life it should be inclined to raise those feet too swiftly to fools and bores.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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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...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement -- discouragement has a germ of its own,...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement -- discouragement has a germ of its own,...

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

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

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

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic...

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic...

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...

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

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

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...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They dont go according to any rules. Theyre not like...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They dont go according to any rules. Theyre not like...

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

You can stroke people with words.

You can stroke people with words.

Her voice is full of money.

Her voice is full of money.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes...

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes...

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

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...

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...

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of knowledge

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of knowledge

Wonder is music heard in the heart, is voiceless.

Wonder is music heard in the heart, is voiceless.

Hobbes: Do you think there's a God? Calvin: Well, SOMEBODY'S out to get me.

Hobbes: Do you think there's a God? Calvin: Well, SOMEBODY'S out to get me.