Clifton Fadiman

“By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but I knew how to try to become one.”

“As between mileage and experience choose experience.”

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

“To feel at home, stay at home.”

“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.”

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

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

“Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality.”