Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald

American writer

Lived from: 1896 - 1940

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 24 september 1896 Died: 21 december 1940

  • To write it - three months, to conceive it - three minutes. To collect the data in it - all my life.
  • No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.

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  • Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind.
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  • Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
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  • Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
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  • A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.
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  • All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
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  • 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.
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  • Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.
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  • Forgotten is forgiven.
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  • No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
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  • No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
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  • Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
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  • Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
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  • Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.
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  • Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.
    The Great Gatsby Ch. 1
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  • Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.
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  • The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
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  • The victor belongs to the spoils.
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  • To write it - three months, to conceive it - three minutes. To collect the data in it - all my life.
    Zelf-interview over This Side of Paradise
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  • You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.
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What are the most famous quotes from F. Scott Fitzgerald?

The two most famous quotes from F. Scott Fitzgerald are:

  • "Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind."
  • "Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
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When did F. Scott Fitzgerald live?

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 and died in the year 1940.