Top 24 Quotes by Clifton Fadiman

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.

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

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

To feel at home, stay at home.

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

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

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

A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.

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

I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation.