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Famous Ernest Hemingway Quotes
“The brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if he's intelligent. He simply doesn't mention them.”
“Don't do what you sincerely don't want to do. Never confuse movement with action.”
“How lazily the sun goes down in Granada, it hides beneath the water, it conceals in the Alhambra!”
“There is no left and right in writing. There is only good and bad writing.”
“I felt the death loneliness that comes at the end of every day that is wasted in your life.”
“Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative.”
“We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood.”
“Before we take to the sea, we walk on land. . . Before we create, we must understand. . .”
“Be fully in the moment,open yourself to the powerful energies dancing around you.”
“Only that which makes you feel bad after doing is immoral.”
“The road to Hell is paved with unbought stuffed dogs.”
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”
“Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.”
“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
“All things truly wicked start from innocence.”
“Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.”
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”