San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness.

More Quotes by Herb Caen

I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.

I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.

A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.

A city is a state - of mind, of taste, of opportunity. A city is a marketplace - where ideas are traded, opinions clash and eternal conflict may produce eternal truths.

Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.