"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.'"

-- Herb Caen

#San Francisco Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Doe Quotes

“After fifty, one ceases to digest. As someone once said, "I just ferment my food now."”

Source : Henry Green (1992). “Surviving: The Uncollected Writings of Henry Green”, Random House (UK)
“I have a strange fascination with the Midwest. I'm waiting to find out that my parents are actually from the Midwest. I grew up in Beverly Hills, up the street, and I just feel comfortable there. I've shot in Minneapolis, in Detroit, in St. Louis, in Omaha - they would say they're the Plains, not the Midwest - and I love it.”
“We don't break our captains. We kill them.”
“Particular individuals who might never consider dropping out if they were in a different high school might decide to drop out if they attended a school where many boys and girls did so.”
“Above our heads exists an infinity of unfathomable fantasiastics: and fields of future fireside fables trail close behind”
“No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality.”
“There is no Art made without power, and there is no reason for Art to be made except for power.”
“Stop and take your time to notice things and make those things you notice matter.”

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