Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

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...

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...

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

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...

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...

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...

Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

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

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

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

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...

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...

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...

My job is to make people money. If I don't include every factor that moves...

My job is to make people money. If I don't include every factor that moves...

It doesn't matter if you're black or white... the only color that really matters is...

It doesn't matter if you're black or white... the only color that really matters is...

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.