Ernest Hemingway Quotes

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

Ernest Hemingway

Men Your Nothing Self Being Fellow Fellow Men Former Lies Nobility Noble Superior True

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

Ernest Hemingway

Strength World Broken Strong Some Afterwards Breaks Everyone Places

To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

Ernest Hemingway

You Father Look First Absolute Kid Rule Successful Two Years

If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.

Ernest Hemingway

Success Work You Your Always Aspects Because Become Popular Reasons Worst Wrong Wrong Reasons

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Ernest Hemingway

Failure Man Defeat Made Defeated Destroyed

That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.

Ernest Hemingway

Good Mood Depression Artist Any Known Reward Terrible Whether

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

Ernest Hemingway

Learning Great People Never Carefully Deal Great Deal Learned Like Listen Listening Most I Have Learned

Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure?

Ernest Hemingway

Failure Man Who Old Man Old Anybody Interested Should Some Why

I'm not going to get into the ring with Tolstoy.

Ernest Hemingway

Ring Get Going Tolstoy

Never mistake motion for action.

Ernest Hemingway

Mistake Never Brainy Action Motion

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

Ernest Hemingway

You Drunk Will Your Always Keep Mouth Said Shut Sober Teach

Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.

Ernest Hemingway

Imagination Always Ability Lack Almost Cowardice Simply Suspend

The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.

Ernest Hemingway

Great Green Game Sports Allowed Deal Golf Great Deal Lose Putting Were Would

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

Ernest Hemingway

War Matter Never Think Crime How Justified Necessary Nor

I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?

Ernest Hemingway

Life Love Dreams You Apart Awake Fall Know My Life Sleep Tendency I Love

Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.

Ernest Hemingway

Love You Go Never Anyone Travel Trips

You're beautiful, like a May fly.

Ernest Hemingway

Beauty Beautiful You Fly May Like

When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea.

Ernest Hemingway

Go Will Alcohol Down Flame Idea Little Low Stove Then Turn Were

It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

Ernest Hemingway

You Business Think Way Born How Learn None Them Were Write

All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.

Ernest Hemingway

Book American Literature Modern American Literature Huckleberry Huckleberry Finn Mark Mark Twain One Book Twain

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.

Ernest Hemingway

War Right Three Just Authority Cause Conditions Motive Necessary Public

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

Ernest Hemingway

War Wealth Wars Caused

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

Ernest Hemingway

Doing Answer Thing Shortest

Courage is grace under pressure.

Ernest Hemingway

Courage Grace Pressure

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

Ernest Hemingway

Happiness People Know Intelligent Intelligent People Rarest Thing

My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.

Ernest Hemingway

Best Feel Way Aim Down Paper Put See Simplest I Feel I See

I never had to choose a subject - my subject rather chose me.

Ernest Hemingway

Me Never Choose Rather Chose Had Subject

All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.

Ernest Hemingway

Good Than Happened Books Common Had One Thing Really Thing Truer

As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.

Ernest Hemingway

You Heroes Get Necessary Sort Harder Older

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

Ernest Hemingway

Book Friend Loyal

When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.

Ernest Hemingway

Good Bird You Fly Birds Different Different Ways First Flying Last Same Sensation Shot Ways

What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

Ernest Hemingway

Good You Feel Bad After Feel Good Immoral Moral

Man is not made for defeat.

Ernest Hemingway

Failure Man Defeat Made

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

Ernest Hemingway

Death You Who Enough Continue End Far He Keep Madame Stories Teller Would

I know now that there is no one thing that is true - it is all true.

Ernest Hemingway

True Know Now Thing One Thing No-One

There's no one thing that is true. They're all true.

Ernest Hemingway

True Thing One Thing No-One

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.

Ernest Hemingway

Age Equal Risk Hesitation Increases Proportion Relation

Ernest Hemingway Quotes

Related Authors

29Quotes © 2020