Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

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...

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...

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...

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.

I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.

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...

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like...

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like...

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

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...

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and...

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and...

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

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

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

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

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...

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,...

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own...

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own...

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present...

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present...

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes...

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes...

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...