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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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.

Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee...

Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee...

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...

The victor belongs to the spoils.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

You can stroke people with words.

You can stroke people with words.

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...

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

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

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or...

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or...

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...

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...

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...

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from...

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from...

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...

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

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...

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Her voice is full of money.

Her voice is full of money.

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart...

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart...

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...

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.