Quotes by Herb Caen

Herb Caen was a San Francisco journalist whose daily column of local goings-on and insider gossip, social and political happenings, painful puns and offbeat anecdotes—"a continuous love letter to San Francisco"—appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle for almost sixty years and made him a household name throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. "The secret of Caen's success", wrote the editor of a rival publication, was .

The best Quotes and Sayings

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

Herb Caen
 
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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.'

San FranciscoHerb Caen
 
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Logic is no answer to passion.

Passion, LogicHerb Caen
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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 & UrbanHerb Caen
 
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I sometimes worry about my short attention span, but not for long.

Funny QuotesHerb Caen
 
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