Author: Clifton Fadiman

Quotes

To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.

To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.

- Clifton Fadiman

A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.

A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.

- 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

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

- 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

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

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

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

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