Top 725 Scott Fitzgerald Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

America has not produced a more salient political musician than Gil Scott-Heron.

Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to have some literary pedigree to be a successful author, the son of Hemingway or Fitzgerald.

My end goal in the piano is to play Scott Joplin's 'Maple Leaf Rag.

I'm comfortable singing jazz. The only thing I was concerned about is that everybody, even in jazz, has their own style. To me, the queen of doodling was Ella Fitzgerald, and scatting is something I never thought I could do.

My background was always more soulful pop. I was named after Ella Fitzgerald, and when I was a kid, I was listening to Lauryn Hill, Etta James, Joss Stone. For me, it was always about the voice.

Scott Peterson was a pathological liar to me - nothing he said was the truth.

I think, 'Scott Pilgrim,' it was something where the general audience didn't necessarily understand straight away what it was.

I'm inspired by film-makers such as Ridley Scott, David Fincher, Orson Welles.

For the longest time, I was Scott Ruffalo's brother. I mean, he was the mayor of Beverly Hills. He was just so beloved there.

Getting to work with acting royalty like Andrew Scott and Moe Dunford for me is incredible.

He [ Campbell Scott ] is also a really funny guy which not a lot of people know.

I got a lot of inspiration and encouragement from my friend and ultra-runner Scott Jurek.

If you listen to 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,' by Gil Scott-Heron, that album is dripping with rage.

I don't want to compare myself to somebody like Fitzgerald or Hemingway, but I feel like, for some writers, going to a certain city, a certain place, is what kickstarts your imaginative process.

I would say that working with Ridley Scott makes the process of directing much more terrifying.

Scott McAdams is a nice guy, but I don't know that most Alaskans believe that he's electable.

[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he's not afraid to go to dark places.

Thank God there's somebody that doesn't like Stuart Scott. I'm so happy!. It was nice to have that counter-balance to ESPN.

I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He's amazing really.

My big break occurred when I was six years old and met Scott Moir.

Making a great television show is hard enough. To also tackle F. Scott - whoa.

The Walker Brothers, they were a talented pair of people. I thought that Scott had a very fine voice.

Oh, and Scott, get Mark to play me. He's the most talented one anyway.

We played 'Girl in a Country Song' in front of Scott Borchetta, and he loved it.

I have always loved creating and entertaining. It started with music, singing. I grew up in a household filled with music - not pop but old-school stuff, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong.

If I'm going to compare myself to a candidate, it's Rick Scott. It's not Donald Trump.

I am honored to have been chosen by Gov. Scott to serve Floridians as their lieutenant governor.

I was born in the country of Hogg and Scott between the Yarrow and the Tweed, in the year 1864.

Uh, folks, I think that’s our boat trying to kill us. (Scott)

Getting the call from Ridley Scott made me think that sometimes you just need to go to work.

'Terrible' is not a word I would use in shooting romantic scenes with Scott Speedman.

Was it for this the wild geese spread The gray wing upon every tide; For this that all that blood was shed, For this. Edward Fitzgerald died, And Robert Emmet and Wolfe Tone, All that delirium of the brave? Romantic Ireland's dead and gone, It's with O'Leary in the grave.

Reading it now for the seventh or eighth time, I am more convinced than ever not merely that The Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald’s masterwork but that it is the American masterwork, the finest work of fiction by any of this country’s writers.

There is no singer I can think of who can touch Ella Fitzgerald. And when Billie Holiday sings, she's merciless about it. Her voice has just this immaculate sadness - even in happy songs, there was something that was so broken about it.

On a really dark night, you can see between 1,000 and 1,500 stars, and there are millions more that haven't been discovered. It is so easy to think that the world revolves around you, but all you have to do is stare up at the sky to realize it isn't that way at all. -Brian Fitzgerald

I like Scott Coker a lot. He built Strikeforce, turned it into what it was and he has a great reputation with fighters and other promoters.

I have only admiration and affection for the people of Sherpa Capital, including my co-founder Scott Stanford.

Yeah I got game like Stuart Scott...fresh out the ESPN shop

Ridley Scott is a cinematic master and a great man. It was a real honour working with him on 'Prometheus.'

I didn't expect 'Scott Pilgrim' to be successful. I just made this weird comic to entertain my friends.

I can do the vocal acrobatics but I really try not to. I've always been drawn to singers who sing it like it is, pure, straight down the line: Ella Fitzgerald, Patti Smith, Carole King. Simplicity is really important to me.

Scott Skiles was a master tactician - they're all masters, but he is elite. He knew how to manipulate his team from an X's-and-O's standpoint.

My style of singing has always been referred to 'soul' singing when it fact it's more influenced by English R&B Blues Shouting. I'm closer to Led Zeppelin as a vocalist than to Ella Fitzgerald. It was torture dealing with major labels.

Scott Walker has provided some really excellent leadership in Wisconsin.

The brilliance of Adam Scott is that he is so damn funny in a straight man role.

Scott Feiner is a soulful magnet for the fusion of Brazilian and jazz music.

My dad was into jazz, so there was a lot of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington playing in the house, but also a lot of soul, such as Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald, while my mum liked Prince and Diana Ross.

I think the likes of Alex Scott and Rachel Brown-Finnis have been unbelievable in terms of the punditry they do.

I have actually led more expeditions to Antarctica than Scott, Amundsen, and Shackleton put together.

'Island of the Blue Dolphins' by Scott O'Dell had a huge impact on me.

You have to know what you're doing, you have to be experienced. You can't just say, 'I'm an actress in 'Scott & Bailey,' I'm going to write an episode.'

I'm glad that Gov. Scott down in Florida accepted ObamaCare, because it will work.

What brought me to Bellator was Scott Coker, Viacom, and one of my good friends, Mike Kogan.

My parents were into The Mills Brothers, Perry Como, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughn, and all those people sung the most wonderful songs - and even when I got into rock 'n' roll, that stayed with me.

These hands belong to Rachel Joy Scott and will someday touch millions of people's hearts.

By the way he carried himself, you really thought that Bon Scott was immortal.

The destruction of all Shadowhunters' said Scott. 'I rather thought you knew that. It isn't a gardening club.

I look back at Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, and especially Betty Carter, whom I admire the most, and I say, OK, they set a standard of excellence. I listen to them not for what they are doing, but to study where they are coming from because, for me, jazz is life experience.

These pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred, Each softly lucent as a rounded moon; The diver Omar plucked them from their bed, Fitzgerald strung them on an English thread.

I grew up listening to Bob Marley, Jill Scott, Floetry, Nas, Jay-Z, Beyonce.