Clifton Fadiman

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

Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly. ”

Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep. ”

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

As between mileage and experience choose experience. ”

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

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

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

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

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. ”