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

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

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

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against...

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against...

The victor belongs to the spoils.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

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

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

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

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

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as...

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as...

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...

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...

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

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

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

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...

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...

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

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

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

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...

Never confuse activity with action

Never confuse activity with action

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...

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real...

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real...

You don't need to be there from the beginning, only until the end.

You don't need to be there from the beginning, only until the end.

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through...

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through...