Clifton Fadiman Quotes
Clifton P. "Kip" Fadiman was an American intellectual, author, radio and television personality.
(1904 - 1999)
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A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.
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A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.
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A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.
[Humor]
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As between mileage and experience choose experience.
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By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but I knew how to try to become one.
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Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality.
[Food]
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Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something.
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For most men, life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.
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Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.
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He has made a profession out of a business and an art out of a profession.
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I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.
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I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation.
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Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking.
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Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.
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My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.
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My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father.
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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.
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One newspaper a day ought to be enough for anyone who still prefers to retain a little mental balance.
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One's first book, kiss, home run is always the best.
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The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.
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