Herb Caen Quotes

There may not be a Heaven, but there is a San Francisco.

In our first paradise in Eden there was a way to go out but no way to go in again. But as for the heavenly paradise, there is a way to go in, but not way to go out.

I left my heart in San Francisco, high on a hill, it calls to me. To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars, the morning fog may chill the air, I don't care. My love waits there in San Francisco, above the blue and windy sea, when I come home to you, San Francisco , your golden sun will shine for me.

How is San Francisco, Alex? Lovely city. Will you leave your heart there? Do you think it's a good place to die?

UNUSED LYRIC I’ve never been to Eden But it’s nice I hear tell When I die I’ll go to heaven ’Cause I’ve done my time in hell

The ultimate [travel destination] for me would be one perfect day in San Francisco. There's no city like it anywhere. And, if I could be there with the girl of my dreams, that would be the ultimate!

I firmly believe that there is a God. I firmly believe that there is a Heaven. And I firmly believe that if you go there, it's gonna be great.

I love Chicago. Chicago is my home.

I've traveled to 50 countries, but I've never been to heaven.

I'd like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.

I love Perth. It is my home, and no matter where I am in the world, Perth is where my heart is.

I'm a huge fan of the Bay Area so I always love coming to San Francisco.

I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there.

New York gets under your skin, and I think once you've fallen in love with New York, you take that with you. I love New York.

I'm originally from New York, and I just have a love affair with that place.

I would rather be in San Francisco than just about anywhere on Earth.

I would go to heaven, but I would take my hell; I would not go alone.

I love San Francisco. It would be a perfect place for a honeymoon.

Heaven? Floating about with everyone you ever knew for eternity? Me family does me 'ed in after one day at xmas, I'd rather be mush.

If I have to spend time in purgatory before going to one place or the other, I guess I'll be all right as long as there's a lending library.

Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey.

One can see now how the idea of heaven takes hold of men's consciousness, how it gains ground even when all the props have been knocked from under it. There must be another world beside this swamp in which everything is dumped pell-mell. It's hard to imagine what it can be like, this heaven that men dream about.

Heaven, as conventionally conceived, is a place so inane, so dull, so useless, so miserable that nobody has ever ventured to describe a whole day in heaven, though plenty of people have described a day at the seaside.

When you speak of heaven, let your face light up...When you speak of hell well then, your everyday face will do.

I look through the grave into heaven.