1,349 Quotes by Ernest Hemingway

The whiskey warmed his tongue and the back of his throat, but it did not change his ideas any, and suddenly, looking at himself in the mirror behind the bar, he knew that drinking was never going to do any good to him now. Whatever he had now he had, and it was from now on, and if he drank himself unconscious when he woke up it would be there.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

You’re my religion. You’re all I’ve got.

It is silly not to hope, besides I believe it is a sin." The Old Man and the Sea

wonder what day god created the egg' 'how should we know? we should not question. our stay on earth is not for long. let us rejoice and believe and give thanks'. 'eat a egg

Where do the noses go? I always wondered where the noses would go.

I used to play cello. My mother kept me out of school a whole year to study music and counterpoint. She thought I had ability, but I was absolutely without talent.

Unlike all other forms of lute or combat the conditions are that the winner shall take nothing; neither his ease, nor his pleasure, nor any notions of glory; nor, if he wins far enough, shall there be any reward within himself.

There is no such thing as great writing - there is only great re-writing!