Author: Clifton Fadiman

Quotes

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.

- Clifton Fadiman

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.

- Clifton Fadiman

To feel at home, stay at home.

To feel at home, stay at home.

- Clifton Fadiman

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.

- Clifton Fadiman

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something.

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something.

- Clifton Fadiman

He has made a profession out of a business and an art out of a profession.

He has made a profession out of a business and an art out of a profession.

- Clifton Fadiman

For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.

For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.

- Clifton Fadiman

There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.

There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.

- Clifton Fadiman

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.

- Clifton Fadiman

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