The best Quotes by Herb Caen

The best Quotes by Herb Caen

Herbert Eugene Caen (April 3, 1916 – February 1, 1997) was a San Francisco humorist and journalist.

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

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.'

Logic is no answer to passion.

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A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.

City & Urban Size

I sometimes worry about my short attention span, but not for long.

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San Francisco is a mad city - inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty.

Joseph Rudyard Kipling

Anyone who doesn't have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me.

Anthony Bourdain

Congratulations, San Francisco, you've ruined pizza. First the Hawaiians, and now you.

Wut in Inside Out

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San Francisco Pizza Hawaii

I get that you're scared and that you've been hurt. But doing what is easy and safe is no way to live, and a life without passion and love is so far beneath what you deserve.

Kiersten White in The Chaos of Stars

Find what you love and let it kill you.

Colleen Hoover in Verity

If you truly pour your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen.

Emma Watson

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Hurting Passion

Hate and love are just two words for passion.

Evelynn, Agony's Embrace in League of Legends

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Stop bringing logic into an emotional argument.

Rebecca Yarros in The Empyrean - Iron Flame

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

Mister Spock in Star Trek

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Actually, I’m highly logical which allows me to look past extraneous detail and perceive clearly that which others overlook.

Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters.
They never say to you "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?"
Instead they demand "How old is he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?" Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in The Little Prince

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A city is a concrete labyrinth in which our mind is lost.

(Musin Almat Zhumabekovich)

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The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not many people want to live there.

Billie Joe Armstrong

A city, far from being a cluster of buildings, is actually a sequence of spaces enclosed and defined by buildings.

The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.

Desmond Morris

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A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.

Zeus in Hercules

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Heart Heros Size

"Size is no guarantee of power," said George. "Look at Ginny."

Fred and George Weasley in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Ginny Weasley Size

Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.

Voldemort / Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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The Lord doesn't price the size of things as much as the love with which they were done.

Teresa of Ávila

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You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.

Dean Martin

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"There's perfect men around every corner", said God an made the Earth round.

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Working out makes people more comfortable with their naked bodies. So does Tequila.

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The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

George Carlin

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Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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