F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

American - Author | September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940

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

F. Scott Fitzgerald

ManBlindSeeHonestTo Be Honest

Action is character.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

CharacterAction

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

MeNeverCharmGreatestFascinated

Forgotten is forgiven.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

ForgivenessForgottenForgiven

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

F. Scott Fitzgerald

EndCountryBeginSwitzerlandThings

There are no second acts in American lives.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

AmericanSecondAmerican LivesActs

When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

PeopleLoseMatterOutUpCharming

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

PeopleYouRudeBeforeMetSlam

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

BusinessAdvertisingHumanityYou

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

WorkGrowthEyesManGoldYou

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

PowerDisciplineThinkYouOthers

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

WomenMenCharmingGetKnown

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