--- title: "14 Kill Quotes By Ernest Hemingway" description: "14 Kill quotes by Ernest Hemingway. Plus more from Ernest Hemingway and more Kill sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/ernest-hemingway-83_kill_you-never-kill-any-one-that-you-want-to_136608.jpg" --- > [You never kill any one that you want to kill in a war, he said to himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/you-never-kill-any-one-that-you-want-to-kill-in-a-war-he-said-to/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/ernest-hemingway-83_kill_you-never-kill-any-one-that-you-want-to_136608.jpg) > [“To win a war, we must kill our enemies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/to-win-a-war-we-must-kill-our-enemies/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/ernest-hemingway-83_enemies_to-win-a-war-we-must-kill-our-enemies-47_473967.jpg) > [You never kill anyone you want to kill in a war, he said to himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/you-never-kill-anyone-you-want-to-kill-in-a-war-he-said-to-himself/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/ernest-hemingway-83_inspirational_you-never-kill-anyone-you-want-to-kill-i_2554832.jpg) > [“If people bring so much courage to the world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/if-people-bring-so-much-courage-to-the-world-the-world-has-to-kill/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/ernest-hemingway-83_courage_if-people-bring-so-much-courage-to-the-w_1562817.jpg) > [It is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/it-is-good-that-we-do-not-have-to-try-to-kill-the-sun-or-the-moon-or/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/ernest-hemingway-83_brother_it-is-good-that-we-do-not-have-to-try-to_3146157.jpg) > [Fish," he said, "I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/fish-he-said-i-love-you-and-respect-you-very-much-but-i-will-kill-you/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/ernest-hemingway-83_ends_fish-he-said-i-love-you-and-respect-you_3110939.jpg) > [Nobody knows what's in him until he tries to pull it out. If there's nothing, or very little, the shock can kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/nobody-knows-what-s-in-him-until-he-tries-to-pull-it-out-if-there-s/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/ernest-hemingway-83_ifs_nobody-knows-what-s-in-him-until-he-trie_598982.jpg) > [“It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/it-kills-the-very-good-and-the-very-gentle-and-the-very-brave/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/ernest-hemingway-83_kill_it-kills-the-very-good-and-the-very-gent_2485311.jpg) > [You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/you-did-not-kill-the-fish-only-to-keep-alive-and-to-sell-for-food-he/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f7/ernest-hemingway-83_alive_you-did-not-kill-the-fish-only-to-keep-a_976268.jpg) > [“Thou askest me to take things seriously? After what thou didst last night? When thou needest to kill a man and instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/thou-askest-me-to-take-things-seriously-after-what-thou-didst-last/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd4/ernest-hemingway-83_death_thou-askest-me-to-take-things-seriously_2314466.jpg) > [“That was what you did. You died. You did not know what it was about. They threw you in and told you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/that-was-what-you-did-you-died-you-did-not-know-what-it-was-about/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43a/ernest-hemingway-83_birth_that-was-what-you-did-you-died-you-did-n_1131636.jpg) > [“I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/i-have-never-seen-or-heard-of-such-a-fish-but-i-must-kill-him-i-am/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/ernest-hemingway-83_inspirational_i-have-never-seen-or-heard-of-such-a-fis_70780.jpg) > [Now Catherine would die. That was what you did. You died. You did not know what it was about. You never had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/now-catherine-would-die-that-was-what-you-did-you-died-you-did-not/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/ernest-hemingway-83_caught_now-catherine-would-die-that-was-what-yo_3171906.jpg) > [“That was what you did. You died. You did not know what it was about. You never had any time to learn.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/that-was-what-you-did-you-died-you-did-not-know-what-it-was-about-you/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/ernest-hemingway-83_first-time_that-was-what-you-did-you-died-you-did-n_938405.jpg) ## Other authors on Kill ## More by Ernest Hemingway > [Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/wine-is-one-of-the-most-civilized-things-in-the-world-and-one-of-the/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [“There was no wind, and, outside now of the warm air of the cave, heavy with smoke of both tobacco and charcoal, with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/there-was-no-wind-and-outside-now-of-the-warm-air-of-the-cave-heavy/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [“It was not brilliant bull-fighting. It was only perfect bull-fighting.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/it-was-not-brilliant-bull-fighting-it-was-only-perfect-bull-fighting/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [One cat just leads to another. The place is so damned big it doesn't really seem as though there were many cats until you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/one-cat-just-leads-to-another-the-place-is-so-damned-big-it-doesn-t/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [Creation's probably overrated. After all, God made the world in only six days and rested on the seventh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/creation-s-probably-overrated-after-all-god-made-the-world-in-only/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [“Viva my husband who was Mayor of this town”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/viva-my-husband-who-was-mayor-of-this-town/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [“The earth gets tired of being exploited.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/the-earth-gets-tired-of-being-exploited/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/what-is-moral-is-what-you-feel-good-after-and-what-is-immoral-is-what/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [“We drove out along the coast road. There was the green of the headlands, the white, red-roofed villas, patches of forest, and the ocean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/we-drove-out-along-the-coast-road-there-was-the-green-of-the/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [As a Nobel Prize winner I cannot but regret that the award was never given to Mark Twain, nor to Henry James, speaking only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/as-a-nobel-prize-winner-i-cannot-but-regret-that-the-award-was-never/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [Oh, darling, I've been so miserable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/oh-darling-i-ve-been-so-miserable/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [I read my own books sometimes to cheer me when it is hard to write, and then I remember that it was always difficult,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/i-read-my-own-books-sometimes-to-cheer-me-when-it-is-hard-to-write/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [“You find everything on earth at Harry's." "Yes, my Colonel. Except, possibly, happiness." "I'll damn well find happiness, too," the Colonel assured him. "Happiness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/you-find-everything-on-earth-at-harry-s-yes-my-colonel-except/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [“No. It's bad for me. Cole Porter wrote the words and the music. This knowledge that you're going mad for me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/no-it-s-bad-for-me-cole-porter-wrote-the-words-and-the-music-this/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [“everything kills everything else in some way. Fishing kills me exactly as it keeps me alive. The boy keeps me alive, he thought. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/everything-kills-everything-else-in-some-way-fishing-kills-me-exactly/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kill/ernest-hemingway/#itemlist", "name": "14 Kill Quotes By Ernest Hemingway", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You never kill any one that you want to kill in a war, he said to himself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ernest Hemingway" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/you-never-kill-any-one-that-you-want-to-kill-in-a-war-he-said-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/ernest-hemingway-83_kill_you-never-kill-any-one-that-you-want-to_136608.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/ernest-hemingway-83_kill_you-never-kill-any-one-that-you-want-to_136608.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/ernest-hemingway-83_kill_you-never-kill-any-one-that-you-want-to_136608.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You never kill any one that you want to kill in a war, he said to himself.” — Ernest Hemingway", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To win a war, we must kill our enemies.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ernest Hemingway" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/to-win-a-war-we-must-kill-our-enemies/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/ernest-hemingway-83_enemies_to-win-a-war-we-must-kill-our-enemies-47_473967.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/ernest-hemingway-83_enemies_to-win-a-war-we-must-kill-our-enemies-47_473967.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/ernest-hemingway-83_enemies_to-win-a-war-we-must-kill-our-enemies-47_473967.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To win a war, we must kill our enemies.” — Ernest Hemingway", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You never kill anyone you want to kill in a war, he said to himself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ernest Hemingway" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/you-never-kill-anyone-you-want-to-kill-in-a-war-he-said-to-himself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/ernest-hemingway-83_inspirational_you-never-kill-anyone-you-want-to-kill-i_2554832.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/ernest-hemingway-83_inspirational_you-never-kill-anyone-you-want-to-kill-i_2554832.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/ernest-hemingway-83_inspirational_you-never-kill-anyone-you-want-to-kill-i_2554832.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You never kill anyone you want to kill in a war, he said to himself.” — Ernest Hemingway", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If people bring so much courage to the world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ernest Hemingway" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/if-people-bring-so-much-courage-to-the-world-the-world-has-to-kill/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/ernest-hemingway-83_courage_if-people-bring-so-much-courage-to-the-w_1562817.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/ernest-hemingway-83_courage_if-people-bring-so-much-courage-to-the-w_1562817.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/ernest-hemingway-83_courage_if-people-bring-so-much-courage-to-the-w_1562817.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If people bring so much courage to the world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills…” — Ernest Hemingway", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. 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