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

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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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 test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Nick, on the Buchanans: They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up...

Nick, on the Buchanans: They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up...

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

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

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

Action is character.

Action is character.

At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves...

At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves...

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...

You can stroke people with words.

You can stroke people with words.

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard....

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard....

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...

Throughout my life, I've always been afraid of losing people I love. Sometimes I wonder,...

Throughout my life, I've always been afraid of losing people I love. Sometimes I wonder,...

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

Enquire not what boils in another's pot