Author: Clifton Fadiman

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

- Clifton Fadiman

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

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

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