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Top 25 Herb Caen Quotes (2025 Update)

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

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

Herb Caen Quote: “Martinis are like breasts, one isn’t enough, and three is too many.”

2. “Martinis are like breasts, one isn’t enough, and three is too many.”

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

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

Herb Caen Quote: “Logic is no answer to passion.”

4. “Logic is no answer to passion.”

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

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

Herb Caen Quote: “We are reorganizing in order to eliminate duplication and redundancy.”

6. “We are reorganizing in order to eliminate duplication and redundancy.”

Herb Caen Quote: “Isn’t it nice that people who prefer Los Angeles to San Francisco live there?”

7. “Isn’t it nice that people who prefer Los Angeles to San Francisco live there?”

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

8. “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 Quote: “There are a thousand viewpoints in the viewtiful city.”

9. “There are a thousand viewpoints in the viewtiful city.”

Herb Caen Quote: “A city is a state – of mind, of taste, of opportunity. A city is a marketplace – where ideas are traded, opinions clash and eternal conflict may produce eternal truths.”

10. “A city is a state – of mind, of taste, of opportunity. A city is a marketplace – where ideas are traded, opinions clash and eternal conflict may produce eternal truths.”

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

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

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

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

Herb Caen Quote: “All American cars are basically Chevrolets.”

13. “All American cars are basically Chevrolets.”

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

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

Herb Caen Quote: “It is better to have loved and lost, but only if you have a good attorney.”

15. “It is better to have loved and lost, but only if you have a good attorney.”

Herb Caen Quote: “San Francisco isn’t what it used to be, and it never was.”

16. “San Francisco isn’t what it used to be, and it never was.”

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

17. “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 Quote: “I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I’ve ever met.”

18. “I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I’ve ever met.”

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

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

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

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

Herb Caen Quote: “Just two days in Manhattan and you find yourself looking for a place to wash your handkerchief after you wipe your forehead and it comes away black. Is there a dirtier or more fascinating city anywhere in the land? The answer to both parts of the question has to be positively negative.”

21. “Just two days in Manhattan and you find yourself looking for a place to wash your handkerchief after you wipe your forehead and it comes away black. Is there a dirtier or more fascinating city anywhere in the land? The answer to both parts of the question has to be positively negative.”

Herb Caen Quote: “Best trumpet: Mike Vax, an alumnus of the Kenton Band, who plays every style with a bright cutting edge, throwing in bop riffs here and there.”

22. “Best trumpet: Mike Vax, an alumnus of the Kenton Band, who plays every style with a bright cutting edge, throwing in bop riffs here and there.”

Herb Caen Quote: “Baffling late-life discovery: Golfers wear those awful clothes on purpose.”

23. “Baffling late-life discovery: Golfers wear those awful clothes on purpose.”

Herb Caen Quote: “God! I loove this city!”

24. “God! I loove this city!”

Herb Caen Quote: “When a place advertises itself as ‘World Famous,’ you may be sure it isn’t.”

25. “When a place advertises itself as ‘World Famous,’ you may be sure it isn’t.”

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

26. “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 Quote: “The world of Manhattan is small and tightly knit, and the man on top retains a certain humility. He knows how far and fast he can fall by looking at the guy across the street. The view from the $250,000 apartment covers a lot of ground, most of it condemned.”

27. “The world of Manhattan is small and tightly knit, and the man on top retains a certain humility. He knows how far and fast he can fall by looking at the guy across the street. The view from the $250,000 apartment covers a lot of ground, most of it condemned.”

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