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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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,...

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...

His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted...

His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted...

The victor belongs to the spoils.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.