What did Clifton Fadiman mean by: I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing. - Clifton Fadiman Intellectual · USA Copy
+ The man who attracts luck carries with him the magnet of preparation. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Clifton Fadiman, Luck, Preparation, 0 - Clifton Fadiman Intellectual · USA
+ Liquor is not a necessity. It is a means of momentarily sidestepping necessity. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Clifton Fadiman, Liquor, 0 - Clifton Fadiman Intellectual · USA
+ By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but I knew how to try to become one Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Clifton Fadiman, School, 0 - Clifton Fadiman Intellectual · USA
+ For most men, life is a search for the proper Manila envelope in which to get themselves filed. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Clifton Fadiman, Finding yourself, 0 - Clifton Fadiman Intellectual · USA
+ The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Clifton Fadiman, Mind, Mistake, Sarcastic, 0 - Clifton Fadiman Intellectual · USA
+ Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Clifton Fadiman, Flesh, Mind, Writing, 0 - Clifton Fadiman Intellectual · USA
+ A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is oneself. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Clifton Fadiman, Funny Inspirational, Humor, 0 - Clifton Fadiman Intellectual · USA
+ To take wine into your mouth is to savor a droplet of the river of human history. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Clifton Fadiman, Rivers, Vineyards, Wine, 0 - Clifton Fadiman Intellectual · USA
It’s always the badly dressed people who are the most interesting. - Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion designer · France
I receive letters from workers, from secretaries. . . . They are the most interesting ones. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
No problem is so intractable that something interesting cannot be said about it. - Jeffrey Lagarias Mathematician · USA