There has never been an American tragedy. There have only been great failures.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American Culture, Tragedy, Failure, National Identity, Perspective
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More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
“What was the use of doing great things if I could have a better time telling her what I was going to do?” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ambition, Storytelling, Relationships, Imagination, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Ambition, Storytelling, Relationships, Imagination, Human Nature“Baseball is a game played by idiots for morons.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Baseball, Critique, Intelligence, Sports, Cynicism
F. Scott Fitzgerald Baseball, Critique, Intelligence, Sports, Cynicism“It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Smile, Reassurance, Rarity, Human Connection, Memorable Moments
F. Scott Fitzgerald Smile, Reassurance, Rarity, Human Connection, Memorable Moments“Every act of life, from the morning toothbrush to the friend at dinner, became an effort. I hated the night when I couldn't sleep and I hated the day because it went toward night.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Depression, Exhaustion, Despair, Daily Life, Mental Health
F. Scott Fitzgerald Depression, Exhaustion, Despair, Daily Life, Mental Health“Breathing dreams like air.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dreams, Aspiration, Metaphor, Human Nature, Inspiration
F. Scott Fitzgerald Dreams, Aspiration, Metaphor, Human Nature, Inspiration“Anything can happen now that we've slid over this bridge, anything at all.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Possibility, Change, Hope, Future, Transition
F. Scott Fitzgerald Possibility, Change, Hope, Future, Transition“I never believe much in happiness. I never believe in misery either. Those are things you see on the stage or the screen or the printed page, they never really happen to you in life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Happiness, Misery, Reality, Perception, Cynicism
F. Scott Fitzgerald Happiness, Misery, Reality, Perception, Cynicism“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“Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you – like music to the musician or Marxism to the Communist – or else it is nothing, an empty, formalized bore around which pedants can endlessly drone their notes and explanations.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Poetry, Passion, Art, Creativity, Criticism
F. Scott Fitzgerald Poetry, Passion, Art, Creativity, Criticism“God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God!” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Morality, Omniscience, Deception, Religion, Guilt
F. Scott Fitzgerald Morality, Omniscience, Deception, Religion, Guilt“You are the loveliest thing that I have ever known.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Admiration, Beauty, Human Connection, Emotion
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Admiration, Beauty, Human Connection, Emotion“The men – the undergraduates of Yale and Princeton are cleaner, healthier, better-looking, better dressed, wealthier and more attractive than any undergraduate body in the country.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Education, Elitism, Appearance, Wealth, Comparison
F. Scott Fitzgerald Education, Elitism, Appearance, Wealth, Comparison“I have never wished there was a God to call on- I have often wished there was a God to thank.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gratitude, Atheism, Belief, Perspective, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Gratitude, Atheism, Belief, Perspective, Human Nature“What was it up there in the song that seemed to be calling her back inside? What would happen now in the dim, incalculable hours?” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mystery, Music, Introspection, Future, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Mystery, Music, Introspection, Future, Human Nature“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“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“Boredom is not an end-product, is comparatively rather an early stage in life and art. You've got to go by or past or through boredom, as through a filter, before the clear product emerges.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Boredom, Creativity, Process, Art, Life Philosophy
F. Scott Fitzgerald Boredom, Creativity, Process, Art, Life Philosophy“Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Advertising, Criticism, Honesty, Business, Social Commentary
F. Scott Fitzgerald Advertising, Criticism, Honesty, Business, Social Commentary“Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Independent Thinking, Power, Individuality, Conformity, Freedom
F. Scott Fitzgerald Independent Thinking, Power, Individuality, Conformity, Freedom“It's a great advantage not to drink among hard-drinking people. You can hold your tongue, and, moreover, you can time any little irregularity of your own so that everybody else is so blind that they don't see or care.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sobriety, Social Strategy, Self-control, Observation, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Sobriety, Social Strategy, Self-control, Observation, Human Nature