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Herb Caen Quotes

A city is a state - of mind, of taste, of opportunity. A city is a marketplace - where ideas are traded, opinions clash and eternal conflict may produce eternal truths.

Herb Caen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 3, 1916 - February 1, 1997

Topics

Opportunity City Mind Ideas Conflict

I'd never have written the big books in London.

Jilly Cooper

London Never Big Books Written

My parents split up when I was young, and I was living with my mom for a little while, then I was kind of just on my own really young. It wasn't some kind of global tragedy, it was just never really a very close-knit family. So there was support in the sense that they didn't stand in my way.

Ani DiFranco

Family Support Parents Mom Stand

I have spent my career making a difference with underperforming assets.

Michael Heisley

Career Difference Making Assets

When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating.

Michelle Kwan

Legend Skating Always Remembered

I'm a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters.

Michael Sheen

Tradition Movies Vampire Big Big Fan

I had elements that were much more than what Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates had. If I work according to their methods, what will I create? All of this was in my head when I was young.

Mohammad bin Salman

Work Create Young Will More Head

My husband calls me 'catfish.' He says I'm all mouth and no brains.

Dolly Parton

Me Husband Mouth Brains Catfish He

I've been completely surprised at the outpouring of just incredible amounts of positive feedback and love from people all day long.

Chris March

Positive Love Day People Feedback

The theme of the party was Neverland Ranch, so guests were asked to come as anyone or anything associated with Michael Jackson. It was all very disturbing.

April Winchell

Party Guests Theme Anything Ranch

I thought that I would have a huge literary novel coming out when I was, like, 29. I quit my banking job, and I was halfway through my second novel - and I will never publish it, because it's very mediocre.

Philipp Meyer

Job Thought Quit Will Never Out

There is no reason for the government to limit political speech.

Penn Jillette

Government Political Speech Limit

A person who shakes a leg to 'Zor ka jhatka' at a disc doesn't care about its picturization in the film. He enjoys and downloads it because of the merit of the song.

Shaan

Song Care Person Leg Film Shakes