Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.
Herb Caen
Satire of satire tends to be ...
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One day if I do go to heaven...I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.
Herb Caen
A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justice, fish off a pier, gaze at a hippopotamus, buy a flower at the corner, or get a good hamburger or a bad girl at 4 A.M. A city is where sirens make white streaks of sound in the sky and foghorns speak in dark grays. San Francisco is such a city.
Herb Caen
There are a thousand viewpoints in the viewtiful city.
Herb Caen
Isn't it nice that people who prefer Los Angeles to San Francisco live there?
Herb Caen
I hope I go to Heaven, and when I do, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does when he gets there. He looks around and says, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'
Herb Caen
