Ernest Hemingway Quotes

Never mistake motion for action.

~ Ernest Hemingway

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

~ Ernest Hemingway

A man can be destroyed but not defeated

~ Ernest Hemingway

Courage is grace under pressure.

~ Ernest Hemingway

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

~ Ernest Hemingway

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

~ Ernest Hemingway

Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?

~ Ernest Hemingway

- about William Faulkner

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency. The second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity. Both bring a permanent ruin.

~ Ernest Hemingway