Quotes
Quotes - Hemingway
My uncle never met an animal he didn't want to kill. (on Book TV).
Courage is grace under pressure.
Cowardice ... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.
Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency. The second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity. Both bring a permanent ruin.
The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called "Huckleberry Finn."
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.
Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.
I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.
My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.
In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.
Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.
A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.
