Clifton Paul Fadiman Quotes

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



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

To feel at home, stay at home.
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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.
Clifton Paul Fadiman

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.
Clifton Paul Fadiman

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.
Clifton Paul Fadiman

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


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Ability, Humor, Joke, Oneself, Sense, Understand
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