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

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

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 hope I go to Heaven, and when I do, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does when he gets th...

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

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

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Herb Caen

Journalist

Born: 1916-04-03

Died: 1997-02-01

Herbert Eugene Caen (April 3, 1916 – February 1, 1997) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist working in San Francisco.More