Clifton Fadiman

Clifton Fadiman: For most men...

Clifton Fadiman: For most men...

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

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Clifton Fadiman: A good memory...

Clifton Fadiman: A good memory...

A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.

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Clifton Fadiman: The adjective is...

Clifton Fadiman: The adjective is...

The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.

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Clifton Fadiman: Cheese -- milk's...

Clifton Fadiman: Cheese -- milk's...

Cheese -- milk's leap forward to immortality.

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Clifton Fadiman: Experience teaches you...

Clifton Fadiman: Experience teaches you...

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

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Clifton Fadiman: My son is...

Clifton Fadiman: My son is...

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...

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Clifton Fadiman: Insomnia is a...

Clifton Fadiman: Insomnia is a...

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not...

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Clifton Fadiman: He has made...

Clifton Fadiman: He has made...

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

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Clifton Fadiman: The German mind...

Clifton Fadiman: The German mind...

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.

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Clifton Fadiman: One's first book,...

Clifton Fadiman: One's first book,...

One's first book, kiss, home run is always the best.

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Clifton Fadiman: When you read...

Clifton Fadiman: When you read...

When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in YOU than there was...

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Clifton Fadiman: We prefer to...

Clifton Fadiman: We prefer to...

We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be...

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Clifton Fadiman: I think we...

Clifton Fadiman: I think we...

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or...

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Clifton Fadiman: To divide one's...

Clifton Fadiman: To divide one's...

To divide one's life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by our own arithmetic. The calendar consents to...

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Clifton Fadiman: There are two...

Clifton Fadiman: There are two...

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

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