Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Age Quotes

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...

You can stroke people with words.

You can stroke people with words.

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

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

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

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...

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

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...

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 faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered...

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered...

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...

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...

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the...

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the...

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 is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

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...

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around...

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around...

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...

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard....

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard....

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

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

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

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