Quotes by Herb Caen

“The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.”

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

“I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.”

“a famous citys most famous landmark.”

“One day if I do go to heaven...Ill look around and say, It aint bad, but it aint San Francisco.”

“A bridge is only a bridge, a highway in the sky. The ferryboats were close to the foaming heart of the matter – something to love.”

“There are more of them than us.”

“A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.”

The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.

I hope I go to Heaven, and when I do, Im going to do what every San Franciscan does when he gets there. He looks around and says, It aint bad, but it aint San Francisco.

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

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

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

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.

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