F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

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

Flower, Her, Body

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Idea, Born, Ideas

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Honest, Blind, Willing

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

Nothing, Find, Both

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

Again, Speech, Played

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Life, Success, Best

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Around, Few, Dangerous

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Himself, Virtues, Cardinal

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Poetry, After, Seems

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Remember, Talk, Less

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

End, Country, Few

The victor belongs to the spoils.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Victor, Belongs, Spoils

You can stroke people with words.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 24, 1896

Died: December 21, 1940

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