Top 23 Quotes by Herb Caen

About Herb Caen

These are some quotes by American author Herb Caen Journalist, who lived between April 3, 1916 and February 1, 1997.

Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.

Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.

Herb Caen

Logic is no answer to passion.

Logic is no answer to passion.

Herb Caen

A city is a crazy concrete jungle whose people at the end of each day somehow make a small step ahead against terrible odds.

A city is a crazy concrete jungle whose people at the end of each day somehow make a small step ahead against terrible odds.

Herb Caen

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 around and says, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'

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 around and says, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'

Herb Caen

The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around.

The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around.

Herb Caen

Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other.

Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other.

Herb Caen

I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.

I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.

Herb Caen

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 the corner, or get a good hamburger or a bad girl at 4 A.M. A city is where sirens make white streaks of sound in the sky and foghorns speak in dark grays. San Francisco is such a city.

Herb Caen

The only way to fight a thing like 50 is to stay au courant if it kills you.

The only way to fight a thing like 50 is to stay au courant if it kills you.

Herb Caen

San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness.

San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness.

Herb Caen

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