Clifton Paul Fadiman

When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before.

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

To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.

Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality.

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

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.

A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.

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

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

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.

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

To feel at home, stay at home.