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100 Most Famous Quotes By Ernest Hemingway, The Author Of The Old Man And The Sea

Famous As: American Literary Icon Who Was Known for His Straightforward Prose & Use of Understatement
Born On: July 21, 1899
Died On: July 2, 1961
Born In: Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Died At Age: 61
A Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, Ernest Hemingway was one of the highly acclaimed American short story writers, novelists and journalists of the 20th century. Just as much as his work, Hemingway’s personal life was an equally publicized affair. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that Hemingway was the Lady Gaga of the literary club of the 20th century. He revolutionized the idea of what an American author was to the world. Born in a suburban area of Chicago, Hemingway opted to work as a journalist instead of pursuing graduation studies immediately after completing high school. It was this initial experience in journalism that shaped much of his later literary career. He served in World War I before finally making his cut in literary expedition. Under the influence of the modernist writers and artists of the 1920s, he published his debut novel, ‘The Sun Also Rises’, in 1926. A year later he came up with the novel ‘A Farewell to Arms’ primarily based on his wartime experiences. It marked the starting of a legacy, and was soon followed by equally successful novels that are considered as classics of American literature today such as ‘For whom the Bell Tolls’ and ‘The Old Man and the Sea’. Hemingway’s succinct and lucid prose style exerted a powerful influence on American and British fiction in the 20th century. The same is also visible in his quotes that touch varied topics of life and give readers a new perspective and a new angle to ponder about. Check this section and explore some of the most popular Ernest Hemingway’s quotes.
There is no friend as loyal as a book.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

Ernest Hemingway
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

Ernest Hemingway
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

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

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

Ernest Hemingway
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

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

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

Ernest Hemingway
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.

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

Ernest Hemingway
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

Ernest Hemingway
The first draft of anything is shit.

The first draft of anything is shit.

Ernest Hemingway
All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

Ernest Hemingway
The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Ernest Hemingway
I drink to make other people more interesting.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

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

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

Ernest Hemingway
It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

Ernest Hemingway
Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.

Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.

Ernest Hemingway
All thinking men are atheists.

All thinking men are atheists.

Ernest Hemingway
Courage is grace under pressure.

Courage is grace under pressure.

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

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

Ernest Hemingway
Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

Ernest Hemingway
But man is not made for defeat,

But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Ernest Hemingway
Never confuse movement with action.

Never confuse movement with action.

Ernest Hemingway
As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.

As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.

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

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

Ernest Hemingway
Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it-don't cheat with it.

Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it-don't cheat with it.

Ernest Hemingway
I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me.

I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me.

Ernest Hemingway
There's no one thing that's true. It's all true.

There's no one thing that's true. It's all true.

Ernest Hemingway
You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.

You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.

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

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

Ernest Hemingway
I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.

I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.

Ernest Hemingway
Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.

Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.

Ernest Hemingway