It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Friends Quotes, Funny Quotes

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

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...

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...

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have...

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go by any rules. They're not like aches...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go by any rules. They're not like aches...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

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

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

Action is character.

Action is character.

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...

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.

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next...

What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next...