There are no second acts in American lives.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

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.

It appears that every mans insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their...

It appears that every mans insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their...

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...

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy...

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy...

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...

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...

Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

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...

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he...

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he...

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...

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

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

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

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...

When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how...

When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how...

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

Oh! all of you poor single men, Don't ever give up in despair, For there's...

Oh! all of you poor single men, Don't ever give up in despair, For there's...

Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant?? I'm halfway through my fish burger and...

Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant?? I'm halfway through my fish burger and...

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.