Facts about Clifton FadimanUSA Flag

Occup.Writer
FromUSA
BornMay 15, 1904
DiedJune 20, 1999
Aged95 years

Summary

Clifton Fadimanwas a famous Writer from USA, who lived between May 15, 1904 and June 20, 1999. He/she became 95 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac taurus, who is known for Security, Subtle strength, Appreciation, Instruction, Patience. Our collection contains 12 quotes who is written / told by Clifton, under the main topic Humor.

12 Famous quotes by Clifton Fadiman

Small: Clifton Fadiman: Cheese is milks leap towards immortality
"Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality"
Small: Clifton Fadiman: By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but I knew how to try to becom
"By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but I knew how to try to become one"
Small: Clifton Fadiman: As between mileage and experience choose experience
"As between mileage and experience choose experience"
Small: 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"
Small: Clifton Fadiman: 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"
Small: Clifton Fadiman: Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinkin
"Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking"
Small: Clifton Fadiman: I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genu
"I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation"
Small: Clifton Fadiman: When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before you see more in
"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 before"
Small: Clifton Fadiman: Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he add
"Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something"
Small: Clifton Fadiman: The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest
"The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest"
Small: Clifton Fadiman: Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly
"Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly"
Small: Clifton Fadiman: For most men, life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves file
"For most men, life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed"