1,349 Quotes by Ernest Hemingway

Mice: What is the best early training for a writer?Y.C.: An unhappy childhood.

There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things and because it takes a man's life to know them the little that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage he has to leave.

you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.

I shouldn’t have gone out so far, fish,” he said. “Neither for you nor for me. I’m sorry, fish.

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

„Nu e mare lucru să scrii. Nu faci decât să stai jos în fața unei mașini de scris și să sângerezi.

My mojito in the Bodeguita del Medio and my daiquiri in the Floridita.

Until you're grown-up they send you to reform school. After you're grown-up they send you to the penitentiary.