1,349 Quotes by Ernest Hemingway

I do not think I have ever seen a nastier-looking man... Under the black hat, when I had first seen them, the eyes had been those of an unsuccessful rapist. [on Brit poet Percy Wyndham Lewis]

I had an inheritance from my father,It was the moon and the sun.And though I roam all over the world,The spending of it’s never done.

I don't want to fool with it but what choice have I got? They don't give you any choice now. I can let it go; but what will the next thing be? I didn't ask for any of this and if you've got to do it you've got to do it.

The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.

Now he was proving it again. Each time was a new time and he never thought about the past when he was doing it.

Blood is thicker than water,"The young man saidAs he knifed his friendFor a drooling old bitchAnd a house full of lies.

Grace under pressure.

You have youth, confidence and a job. You have everything.

The gypsies believe the bear to be a brother to man because he has the same body beneath his hide, because he drinks beer, because he enjoys music and because he likes to dance.