Herb Caen Quotes

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

Herb Caen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BondSelf-SatisfactionSan

One seeks to equip the child with deeper, more gripping, and subtler ways of knowing the world and himself.

Jerome Bruner

ChildWorldMoreKnowingDeeper

If we're ever seen having a public spat in a coffee shop, I think the concept of romance will die.

Megan Mullally

CoffeeThinkDieWillRomanceSeen

The first movement ballerina should be a paradigm of strength and authority.

Robert Gottlieb

StrengthAuthorityFirstMovement

Just keep on going and keep believing in your own original vision, no matter what odds you have to overcome. And especially don't be stopped by your own fears.

Angelina Maccarone

VisionYouBelievingMatterOvercome

We all have our opinions. But I suspect that writers are actually less worth heeding, because they regard themselves as so uniquely important, so culturally sensitive.

Simon Hoggart

OpinionsWorthImportantSensitive

As a restaurateur, my job is to basically control the chaos and the drama. There's always going to be chaos in the restaurant business.

Rocco DiSpirito

BusinessJobChaosControlDrama

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.

Joyce Brothers

MoneyDayCreditYouDrunkLift

I'm a nature bug.

Donna Karan

NatureBug

Children born of married parents in America face a higher risk of seeing them break up than children born of unmarried parents in Sweden.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

ChildrenParentsFaceAmericaSeeing

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

William Wordsworth

LifeFutureLivePastBetterLearn

I looked back at some of my earlier published stories with genuine horror and remorse. I got thinking, How many extant copies might there be, who owns them, and do they keep their doors locked?

Richard Russo

ThinkingDoorsBackGenuineHorror

Picking a best friend who stands up for what she believes in, is true to herself and allows you to be yourself without judgement of how 'cool' you are? Well, now you're picking a friend for life.

Renee Olstead

LifeFriendBestYourselfCoolYou

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