Clifton Fadiman quotes and words of wisdom

"When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before."
Found in the topic Classic.

"There is no reader so parochial as the one who reads none but this morning"s books. Books are not rolls, to be devoured only when they are hot and fresh. A good book retains its interior heat and will warm a generation yet unborn."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"I think we must ... quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing."
Found in the topic Quotations.

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

Interesting Quotes

I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.Woody Allen - US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.Aldous Huxley - English critic & novelist (1894 - 1963)