F. Scott Fitzgerald

"At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide."

F. Scott Fitzgerald "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"

Manners and Ethics

Rating: 4.67 (Number of Voters: 3)

"Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues."

F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Great Gatsby"

Egoism

Manners and Ethics

Rating: 8.20 (Number of Voters: 5)

"An idea ran back and forward in his head like a blind man, knocking over the solid furniture."

F. Scott Fitzgerald "Notebook M, The Crack-Up"

Intellect, Judgement

Wisdom and Stupidity

Rating: 5.00 (Number of Voters: 1)

"All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath."

F. Scott Fitzgerald (letter to his daughter Frances)

Art and Culture

Rating: 5.40 (Number of Voters: 5)

"Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures."

F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Great Gatsby"

Human

Rating: 4.00 (Number of Voters: 2)

"Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy."

F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Crack-Up, Notebook E"

Courage and Fear

Various

Rating: 2.67 (Number of Voters: 3)

"Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end."

F. Scott Fitzgerald

History and Nations

Rating: 6.33 (Number of Voters: 3)

"Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness."

F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz"

Youth and Age

Rating: 7.20 (Number of Voters: 5)

"First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you."

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Health and Alcohol

Rating: 4.00 (Number of Voters: 4)