"Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no..." - Quote by Ernest Hemingway

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

“Never mistake movement for action”

“Certainly it is valuable to a trained writer to crash in an aircraft which burns. He learns several important things very quickly. Whether they will be of use to him is conditioned by survival. Survival, with honor, that outmoded and all-important word, is as difficult as ever and as all-important to a writer.”

“I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.”

“If anyone can refute me-show me I'm making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective-I'l l gladly change. It's the truth I'm after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.”

“Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.”

“Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility.”

“It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it ridiculous to show it to others.”

“I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.”