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

Topics: Wonder Quotes

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...

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered...

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered...

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Never confuse activity with action

Never confuse activity with action

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

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...

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy...

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy...

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.

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...

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,...

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy they smashed up things and creatures and then...

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy they smashed up things and creatures and then...

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.

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...

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people,...

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people,...