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Herb Caen quotes: Martinis are like breasts, one isn't enough, and three is too many

Martinis are like breasts, one isn't enough, and three is too many

Herb Caen quotes: Logic is no answer to passion.

Logic is no answer to passion.

Herb Caen quotes: I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.

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

Herb Caen quotes: I sometimes worry about my short attention span, but not for long ...

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

Herb Caen quotes: Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other.

Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other.

Herb Caen quotes: The clock doesn't matter in baseball. Time stands still or moves backwards. Theoretically, one game could go on forever. Some seem to.

The clock doesn't matter in baseball. Time stands still or moves backwards. Theoretically, one game could go on forever. Some seem to.

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

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

Herb Caen quotes: New Yorkers are stuck in a gloomy mucilage of mutual commiseration.

New Yorkers are stuck in a gloomy mucilage of mutual commiseration.

Herb Caen quotes: I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.

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

Herb Caen quotes: When a place advertises itself as 'World Famous,' you may be sure it isn't.

When a place advertises itself as 'World Famous,' you may be sure it isn't.

Herb Caen quotes: The only way to fight a thing like 50 is to stay au courant if it kills you.

The only way to fight a thing like 50 is to stay au courant if it kills you.

Herb Caen quotes: A city is a crazy concrete jungle whose people at the end of each day somehow make a small step ahead against terrible odds.

A city is a crazy concrete jungle whose people at the end of each day somehow make a small step ahead against terrible odds.

Herb Caen quotes: The precise location of heaven on earth has never been established but it may very well be right here

The precise location of heaven on earth has never been established but it may very well be right here

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

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

Herb Caen quotes: The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.

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

Herb Caen quotes: San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness.

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

Herb Caen quotes: One day if I do go to heaven ... I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.

One day if I do go to heaven ... I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.

Herb Caen quotes: All American cars are basically Chevrolets.

All American cars are basically Chevrolets.

Herb Caen quotes: The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around.

The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around.

Herb Caen quotes: Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor.

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

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

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

Herb Caen quotes: Philosophically, I don't like doing commercials.

Philosophically, I don't like doing commercials.

Herb Caen quotes: The waterfront without the Ferry Tower would be like a birthday cake without a candle.

The waterfront without the Ferry Tower would be like a birthday cake without a candle.

Herb Caen quotes: Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.

Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.

Herb Caen quotes: San Francisco isn't what it used to be, and it never was.

San Francisco isn't what it used to be, and it never was.

Herb Caen quotes: God! I loove this city!

God! I loove this city!

Herb Caen quotes: There are more of them than us.

There are more of them than us.

Herb Caen quotes: Isn't it nice that people who prefer Los Angeles to San Francisco live there?

Isn't it nice that people who prefer Los Angeles to San Francisco live there?

Herb Caen quotes: There are a thousand viewpoints in the viewtiful city.

There are a thousand viewpoints in the viewtiful city.