F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

Learn young about hard work and manners - and you'll be through the whole dirty mess and nicely dead again before you know it.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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• First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us - especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • Work
  • America

• I would love to work with Raju Hirani. I never thought I would have a wish-list of directors as such, but after seeing the consistency of his storylines and the human touch he gets in his film, I would love to work with him.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Work
  • Wish
  • Human

• I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • Up
  • Work
  • Myself

• You have another little drink, and I'll have another little drink, and maybe we can work up some real family feeling here.

  

  Irving Ravetch
  • Up
  • Work
  • Real

• Sexual harassment at work... is it a problem for the self-employed?

  

  Victoria Wood
  • Work
  • Problem
  • Harassment

• One always wonders about roads not taken.

  

  Warren Christopher
  • Taken
  • Always
  • Roads

• We all present versions of ourselves. The person you are at work is not the same person you are at home. The face we present in our most intimate relationships is not the face we present to the world.

  

  Val McDermid
  • World
  • Work
  • Home

• Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.

  

  Ma Long
  • Work
  • Step
  • Hard Work

• I think one challenge is that having few women in your work environment makes you feel a little isolated and alone. I'm an extrovert; I like talking to people, and I make friends easily, but if your personality is somewhat different, I think you would struggle to connect with people.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
  • People
  • Work
  • Different

• If you are playing someone living, it is a different type of judgment. However much work you do, it is not a documentary. There will be things you can't get right, and ultimately, you have to take a leap because - you weren't there.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • Work
  • Different
  • Judgment

• I always work with a goal - and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Work
  • Important
  • Player

• I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work in progress.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • Work
  • Women
  • Progress

• America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • Work
  • America
  • Education

• In America, people buy cars, and they put very little money down. They get a car, and they go to work. The work pays them a salary; the salary allows them to pay for the car over time. The car pays for itself.

  

  Iqbal Quadir
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• Out-innovating them is the way to beat China. And to do everything that we do in this country to support innovative policy, that drives innovation and new products and more jobs and creates jobs. You can't - you can't put a wall up around here. We tried that in the '30s. It didn't work.

  

  Jack Welch
  • Up
  • Work
  • Country

• I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.

  

  G-Eazy
  • Work
  • Job
  • Enough

• Citizens who live or work near protest sites or marches have every right to be free of violence from protesters, and they should never be subjected to destruction of property.

  

  Naomi Wolf
  • Work
  • Live
  • Free

• I would love to work with Jack White or Kanye West.

  

  Fefe Dobson
  • Work
  • Love
  • White

• He that wants money, means, and content is without three good friends.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Work
  • Money
  • Mean

• We're always trailing, as far as the amount of roles that are written for us and the films that are being made that have black characters in them. I don't know if that's going to change.

  

  Don Cheadle
  • Black

• I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

  

  David Amram
  • Music
  • Uncle

• Whether it's making sure that families have access to quality health care and child care, or making sure that our children receive the best educational opportunities we can give them, we must remain committed to these needs because our children are our future.

  

  Blanche Lincoln
  • Children
  • Future
  • Health

• When I see birches bend to left and right... I like to think some boy's been swinging them.

  

  Robert Frost
  • Boy
  • Right
  • Left

• Learn young about hard work and manners - and you'll be through the whole dirty mess and nicely dead again before you know it.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Work
  • Dirty