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.

Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.

Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.

Herb Caen

Logic is no answer to passion.

Logic is no answer to passion.

Herb Caen

I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.

I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.

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

Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor.

Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor.

Herb Caen

New Yorkers are stuck in a gloomy mucilage of mutual commiseration.

New Yorkers are stuck in a gloomy mucilage of mutual commiseration.

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

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

When a place advertises itself as 'World Famous,' you may be sure it isn't.

When a place advertises itself as 'World Famous,' you may be sure it isn't.

Herb Caen

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