--- title: "16 Flapper Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 16 Flapper quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Flapper sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/silvia-hartmann-19271_flapper_less-flapping-more-flying-1429604_1429604.jpg" --- > [“Less flapping, more flying!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silvia-hartmann/less-flapping-more-flying/) [Silvia Hartmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silvia-hartmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/silvia-hartmann-19271_flapper_less-flapping-more-flying-1429604_1429604.jpg) > [A flapper is just a little girl trying to grow up - in the process of growing up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colleen-moore/a-flapper-is-just-a-little-girl-trying-to-grow-up-in-the-process-of/) Colleen Moore [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/colleen-moore-82482_girl_a-flapper-is-just-a-little-girl-trying-t_1220312.jpg) > [“Believe me, I may be a bit blasé, but I can still get any man I want.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/believe-me-i-may-be-a-bit-blas-but-i-can-still-get-any-man-i-want/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_20s_believe-me-i-may-be-a-bit-blas-but-i-can_3013062.jpg) > [The flapper has charm, good looks, good clothes, intellect and a healthy point of view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colleen-moore/the-flapper-has-charm-good-looks-good-clothes-intellect-and-a-healthy/) Colleen Moore [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/colleen-moore-82482_charm_the-flapper-has-charm-good-looks-good-cl_2156597.jpg) > [“I want you to lie to me just as sweetly as you know how for the rest of my life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/i-want-you-to-lie-to-me-just-as-sweetly-as-you-know-how-for-the-rest/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_20s_i-want-you-to-lie-to-me-just-as-sweetly_338565.jpg) > [The world of the flapper - live free, wild and young - that energy is intoxicating. It's nice to inject that into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lily-james/the-world-of-the-flapper-live-free-wild-and-young-that-energy-is/) [Lily James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lily-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/lily-james-25071_controlled_the-world-of-the-flapper-live-free-wild_1026352.jpg) > [Hot off the presses, today’s headlines: The love of your life does not approve of my wanton flapper ways,” Evie said in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/hot-off-the-presses-today-s-headlines-the-love-of-your-life-does-not/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/libba-bray-259_doe_hot-off-the-presses-today-s-headlines-th_587254.png) > [As I am straight up and down, I make a good flapper. One of the highlights of my life was dancing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-worsley/as-i-am-straight-up-and-down-i-make-a-good-flapper-one-of-the/) [Lucy Worsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-worsley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/lucy-worsley-5457_dress_as-i-am-straight-up-and-down-i-make-a-go_2963040.jpg) > [“(...)"Flapper"— the notorious character type who bobbed her hair, smoked cigarettes, drank gin, sported short skirts, and passed her evenings in steamy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-zeitz/flapper-the-notorious-character-type-who-bobbed-her-hair-smoked/) [Joshua Zeitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-zeitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/joshua-zeitz-60764_quote_flapper-the-notorious-character-type-who_1284535.jpg) > [“II Hollywood Flapper Oh, come my love and join with me The oldest infant industry. Come seek the bourne of palm and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-stenn/ii-hollywood-flapper-oh-come-my-love-and-join-with-me-the-oldest/) David Stenn [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/david-stenn-88914_love_ii-hollywood-flapper-oh-come-my-love-and_1903715.jpg) > [I've most liked dressing up as a flapper. I've been flappered twice. But I care not only about the clothes they wore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-worsley/i-ve-most-liked-dressing-up-as-a-flapper-i-ve-been-flappered-twice/) [Lucy Worsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-worsley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/lucy-worsley-5457_clothes_i-ve-most-liked-dressing-up-as-a-flapper_1476800.jpg) > [Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of the flapper, the girl you see in smart night clubs, gowned to the apex…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/joan-crawford-is-doubtless-the-best-example-of-the-flapper-the-girl/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_apex_joan-crawford-is-doubtless-the-best-exam_2520934.jpg) > [“It is the custom to look back on ourselves of the boom days with a disapproval that approaches horror...But it had its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/it-is-the-custom-to-look-back-on-ourselves-of-the-boom-days-with-a/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d94/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_flapper_it-is-the-custom-to-look-back-on-ourselv_904726.jpg) > [“Consider the cartoon character of Betty Boop.” “The baby-voiced twenties flapper with the huge eyes and the spit curls…boop-boop-a-doop?” “The cartoon was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carole-nelson-douglas/consider-the-cartoon-character-of-betty-boop-the-baby-voiced-twenties/) [Carole Nelson Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carole-nelson-douglas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c45/carole-nelson-douglas-56215_cartoon-character_consider-the-cartoon-character-of-betty_2424769.png) > [“A study of fifty women conducted in 1887 revealed that the corset forcibly contracted their waists by anywhere between two and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-zeitz/a-study-of-fifty-women-conducted-in-1887-revealed-that-the-corset/) [Joshua Zeitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-zeitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/joshua-zeitz-60764_1880s_a-study-of-fifty-women-conducted-in-1887_3171092.jpg) > [The Flapper awoke from her lethargy of sub-deb-ism, bobbed her hair, put on her choicest pair of earrings and a great deal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zelda-fitzgerald/the-flapper-awoke-from-her-lethargy-of-sub-deb-ism-bobbed-her-hair/) [Zelda Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zelda-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/zelda-fitzgerald-4660_audacity_the-flapper-awoke-from-her-lethargy-of-s_2893116.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flapper/#itemlist", "name": "Flapper Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Less flapping, more flying!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Silvia Hartmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silvia-hartmann/less-flapping-more-flying/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/silvia-hartmann-19271_flapper_less-flapping-more-flying-1429604_1429604.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/silvia-hartmann-19271_flapper_less-flapping-more-flying-1429604_1429604.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/silvia-hartmann-19271_flapper_less-flapping-more-flying-1429604_1429604.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Less flapping, more flying!” — Silvia Hartmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A flapper is just a little girl trying to grow up - in the process of growing up.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Colleen Moore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colleen-moore/a-flapper-is-just-a-little-girl-trying-to-grow-up-in-the-process-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/colleen-moore-82482_girl_a-flapper-is-just-a-little-girl-trying-t_1220312.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/colleen-moore-82482_girl_a-flapper-is-just-a-little-girl-trying-t_1220312.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/colleen-moore-82482_girl_a-flapper-is-just-a-little-girl-trying-t_1220312.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A flapper is just a little girl trying to grow up - in the process of growing up.” — Colleen Moore", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Believe me, I may be a bit blasé, but I can still get any man I want.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "F. 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Come seek the bourne of palm and pearl, The lovely land of boy-meets-girl. Come grace this lotus-laden shore, The isle of Do-What’s-Done-Before. Come curb the new and watch the old win, Out where the streets are paved with Goldwyn. – Dorothy Parker”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Stenn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-stenn/ii-hollywood-flapper-oh-come-my-love-and-join-with-me-the-oldest/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/david-stenn-88914_love_ii-hollywood-flapper-oh-come-my-love-and_1903715.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/david-stenn-88914_love_ii-hollywood-flapper-oh-come-my-love-and_1903715.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/david-stenn-88914_love_ii-hollywood-flapper-oh-come-my-love-and_1903715.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“II Hollywood Flapper Oh, come my love and join with me The oldest infant industry. 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