Famous Ernest Hemingway Quotes

  • I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg. – Ernest Hemingway

    I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.– Ernest Hemingway

  • Mice: What is the best early training for a writer?Y.C.: An unhappy childhood. – Ernest Hemingway

    Mice: What is the best early training for a writer?Y.C.: An unhappy childhood.– Ernest Hemingway

  • A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not. – Ernest Hemingway

    A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.– Ernest Hemingway

  • The setting of the sun is a difficult time for all fish. – Ernest Hemingway

    The setting of the sun is a difficult time for all fish.– Ernest Hemingway

  • When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. – Ernest Hemingway

    When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.– Ernest Hemingway

  • For sale: baby shoes, never worn. – Ernest Hemingway

    For sale: baby shoes, never worn.– Ernest Hemingway

  • You ought to be ironical the minute you get out of bed. You ought to wake up with your mouth full of pity. – Ernest Hemingway

    You ought to be ironical the minute you get out of bed. You ought to wake up with your mouth full of pity.– Ernest Hemingway

  • You need the devotion to your work that a priest of God has for his. – Ernest Hemingway

    You need the devotion to your work that a priest of God has for his.– Ernest Hemingway

  • In order to write about life first you must live it. – Ernest Hemingway

    In order to write about life first you must live it.– Ernest Hemingway

  • A man can be destroyed but not defeated. – Ernest Hemingway

    A man can be destroyed but not defeated.– Ernest Hemingway