All Herb Caen Quotes
- A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. Begins
- The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever. Forever
- Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything. All
- San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness. Bond
- A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justice, fish off a pier, gaze at a hippopotamus, buy a flower at… Bad
- I hope I go to Heaven, and when I do, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does when he gets there. He looks… Bad
- A city is a crazy concrete jungle whose people at the end of each day somehow make a small step ahead against terrible odds. Ahead
- New Yorkers are stuck in a gloomy mucilage of mutual commiseration. Commiseration
- Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other. Building
- Philosophically, I don't like doing commercials. Commercials
- A good column is one that sells paper. It doesn't matter how beautifully it is written and how much you admire the author... if it… Admire
- Baffling late-life discovery: Golfers wear those awful clothes on purpose. Awful
- The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around. Bigger
- We (San Francisco) have football weather during baseball season, and baseball weather during football season. American Football
- We are reorganizing in order to eliminate duplication and redundancy. Duplication
- I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there. Inspirational
- A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams. Broadness
- The precise location of heaven on earth has never been established but it may very well be right here Been
- The waterfront without the Ferry Tower would be like a birthday cake without a candle. Birthday
- Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor. American
- I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met. Elephant
- Logic is no answer to passion. Answer
- Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate. Ability
- When a place advertises itself as 'World Famous,' you may be sure it isn't. Advertises
- A city is a state - of mind, of taste, of opportunity. A city is a marketplace - where ideas are traded, opinions clash and… Cities