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Quote by George Burns

“If I paid $3 or $4 for a cigar, first I'd sleep with it.”

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George Burns was an American comedian, writer, and singer, born on January 20, 1896, and died on March 9, 1996. Known for his unique humor and longevity, he is one of the most famous comedians of the 20th century. more

“The great artist when he comes, uses everything that has been discovered or known about his art up to that point, being able to accept or reject in a time so short it seems that the knowledge was born with him, rather than that he takes instantly what it takes the ordinary man a lifetime to know, and then the great artist goes beyond what has been done or known and makes something of his own.”

Knows Men Has Beens Art Done Use Seems Able Artist Born Known Accepting Ordinary Lifetime Rejects Afternoon Now And Then Great Art Great Artist Ordinary Man

Book:The Hemingway Collection

Source: The Hemingway Collection

“God knows, people who are paid to have attitudes toward things, professional critics, make me sick; camp-following eunuchs of literature.”

People Knows Literature Attitude Criticism Sick Paid Critics Following Camps God Knows Eunuchs

Book:The Good Life According to Hemingway

Source: The Good Life According to Hemingway

“Being against evil doesn't make you good.”

Evil Good Against Evil Fighting Evil

Book:The Hemingway Collection

Source: The Hemingway Collection

“Ascensions into heaven are like falling leaves sad and happy all at the same time Going away isn't really sad especially when your going enables a new kind of presence to be born.”

Kind Fall Heaven Born Going Away Ascension Really Sad Falling Leaves Sad And Happy

Author:Ernest Hemingway

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

Kissing Noses

Author:Ernest Hemingway

“For luck you carried a horse chestnut and a rabbit?s foot in your right pocket. The fur had been worn off the rabbit?s foot long ago and the bones and the sinews were polished by the wear. The claws scratched in the lining of your pocket and you knew your luck was still there.”

Long Stills Feet Horse Luck Bones Pockets Long Ago Worn Rabbits Fur Polished Claws Chestnuts

Book:Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition

Source: Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition

“No catalogue of horrors ever kept men from war. Before the war you always think that it's not you that dies. But you will die, brother, if you go to it long enough.”

Ifs Thinking Men Long War Enough Dies Brother Horror Catalogues

Book:The Hemingway Collection

Source: The Hemingway Collection

“A writer can be compared to a well. There are as many kinds of wells as there are writers. The important thing is to have good water in the well, and it is better to take a regular amount out than to pump the well dry and wait for it to refill.”

Writing Wells Kind Important Waiting Water Amount Important Things Dry Pumps Refills

Book:Ernest Hemingway: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

Source: Ernest Hemingway: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

“Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate; but eventually they are quite clear and by these and the degree of alchemy that he possesses he will endure or be forgotten.”

Men Writing May Sometimes Clear Degrees Endure Forgotten Fortunate Alchemy

Book:Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse

Source: Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse

“Every day above earth is a good day.”

Earth Good Day

Author:Ernest Hemingway

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