English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God—a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that—and he must be about His Father’s Business, the service of a vast, vulgar and meretricious beauty.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Barbara Kingsolver quote: "If the Lord hasn't got a boyfriend lined up for me to marry,..."
If the Lord hasn't got a boyfriend lined up for me to marry, that's his business. Barbara Kingsolver
I've heard what people are saying, and it's a very weird thing. They're going into a realm where it's somethign that's almost ugly, rather than something that can be so beautiful. James Haven
Bob Greene quote: "I love Caribbean food. It's a great melting pot of so many..."
I love Caribbean food. It's a great melting pot of so many cultures including the Native Americans. Bob Greene
I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a woman's right to choose. I believe in marriage equality. Andrew Cuomo
Singing was my first love and I never even considered it after I started acting, but now I'm bringing it back into my life. I trained from the ages of 11 to 17. When I moved to New York and got into serious acting, I just kind of abandoned the whole singing thing. But when I grew up in Pennsylvania I went to voice lessons once a week. Amanda Seyfried
Alan Vega quote: "I always said I was never gonna be an entertainer, Suicide was..."
I always said I was never gonna be an entertainer, Suicide was never supposed to be entertainment. Alan Vega
The bill that job creators and out-of-work Americans need us to pass is the one that ensures taxes won't go up - one that says Americans and small-business owners won't get hit with more bad news at the end of the year. Mitch McConnell
Henry B. Adams quote: "The progress of evolution from President Washington to..."
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. Henry B. Adams
Pearl S. Buck quote: "Life is stronger than death."
Life is stronger than death. Pearl S. Buck
I will not waste my life! I will finish my course and finish it well. I will display the Gospel of the grace of God in all I do. I will run my race to the end? - Paul John Piper
Guy Kawasaki quote: "Patience is the art of concealing your impatience."
Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. Guy Kawasaki
From an analytic point of view, the only thing one can be guilty of is having given ground relative to one’s desire (Seminar 7, 319) Jacques Lacan
Patricia Cornwell quote: "I refuse to sit on my laurels."
I refuse to sit on my laurels. Patricia Cornwell
I was not ugly. I might never be anything for men to lose their heads about, but I need never again be ugly. This knowledge was like a song within me. Suddenly it all came together. If you were healthy, fit, and well-dressed, you could be attractive. Elsie de Wolfe
There's no point thinking, 'Well, my life's certainly worked out, I've got all the answers.' It would be wrong for me to say that I don't get seduced by certain things. That things don't become tempting. Michael Fassbender