I can't exactly describe how I feel but it's not quite right. And it leaves me cold.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Emotions, Discomfort, Uncertainty, Malaise, Self-awareness
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Quotes On Topics
Work Ethic | Burden | Disillusionment | Decadence | Social Criticism | Time | Life Cycle | Rebellion | Voice | Detachment | Relationships | Human Ambition | Life’s Randomness | Innate Qualities | Provocation | Social Interaction | Global Communication | Aesthetics | Ease | Celibacy | More
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
“A man's social rank is determined by the amount of bread he eats in a sandwich.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Social Status, Food, Humor, Observation, Critique
F. Scott Fitzgerald Social Status, Food, Humor, Observation, Critique“Shakespeare – whetting, frustrating, surprising and gratifying.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Shakespeare, Literature, Reading Experience, Emotion, Intellectual Stimulation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Shakespeare, Literature, Reading Experience, Emotion, Intellectual Stimulation“One hurries through, even though there's time; the past, the continent, is behind; the future is the glowing mouth in the side of the ship; the dim, turbulent alley is too confusedly the present.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Time, Past, Future, Present, Journey Metaphor
F. Scott Fitzgerald Time, Past, Future, Present, Journey Metaphor“Most people think everybody feels about them much more violently than they actually do; they think other people's opinions of them swing through great arcs of approval or disapproval.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Self-perception, Social Anxiety, Human Nature, Opinion, Psychology
F. Scott Fitzgerald Self-perception, Social Anxiety, Human Nature, Opinion, Psychology“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Friendship, Appreciation, Life, Death, Advice
F. Scott Fitzgerald Friendship, Appreciation, Life, Death, Advice“Prose talent depends on having something to say and an interesting, highly developed way of saying it.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writing, Talent, Communication, Skill, Creativity
F. Scott Fitzgerald Writing, Talent, Communication, Skill, Creativity“For a while these reveries provided an outlet for his imagination; they were a satisfactory hint of the unreality of reality, a promise that the rock of the world was founded securely on a fairy's wing.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Imagination, Reality, Fantasy, Escape, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Imagination, Reality, Fantasy, Escape, Human Nature“Fairies: Nature's attempt to get rid of soft boys by sterilizing them.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Humor, Nature, Gender, Fantasy, Social Commentary
F. Scott Fitzgerald Humor, Nature, Gender, Fantasy, Social Commentary“They were smiling at each other as if this was the beginning of the world.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, New Beginnings, Human Connection, Optimism, Perception
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, New Beginnings, Human Connection, Optimism, Perception“Beautiful things only grow to a certain height, and then they fail and fade off.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Beauty, Transience, Growth, Limitations, Human Condition
F. Scott Fitzgerald Beauty, Transience, Growth, Limitations, Human Condition“Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cruelty, Psychology, Human Nature, Childhood, Behavior
F. Scott Fitzgerald Cruelty, Psychology, Human Nature, Childhood, Behavior“The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writing, Motivation, Expression, Creativity, Purpose
F. Scott Fitzgerald Writing, Motivation, Expression, Creativity, Purpose“Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gender Bias, Dishonesty, Double Standards, Social Commentary, Relationships
F. Scott Fitzgerald Gender Bias, Dishonesty, Double Standards, Social Commentary, Relationships“Selfish people are in a way terribly capable of great loves.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Selfishness, Love, Human Nature, Contradiction, Relationships
F. Scott Fitzgerald Selfishness, Love, Human Nature, Contradiction, Relationships“No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Creativity, Meetings, Ideas, Critique, Organizational Culture
F. Scott Fitzgerald Creativity, Meetings, Ideas, Critique, Organizational Culture“Intelligence is measured by a person's ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Intelligence, Critical Thinking, Open-mindedness, Perspective, Wisdom
F. Scott Fitzgerald Intelligence, Critical Thinking, Open-mindedness, Perspective, Wisdom“The greatest profound pain is cased by, and is the result of our own illusions, fantasies and dreams.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pain, Illusions, Dreams, Self-inflicted Suffering, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Pain, Illusions, Dreams, Self-inflicted Suffering, Human Nature“People disappeared, reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then lost each other, searched for each other, found each other a few feet away.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Relationships, Chaos, Human Behavior, Social Dynamics, Life’s Randomness
F. Scott Fitzgerald Relationships, Chaos, Human Behavior, Social Dynamics, Life’s Randomness