Clifton Fadiman
Clifton Fadiman
Clifton Paul "Kip" Fadimanwas an American intellectual, author, editor, radio and television personality...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth15 May 1904
CountryUnited States of America
wine rivers vineyards
To take wine into your mouth is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.
running book home
One's first book, kiss, home run is always the best.
men culinary palate
A man who is careful with his palate is not likely to be careless with his paragraphs.
history citizens
We are all citizens of history.
memories good-memories forget
A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.
book classic
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.
book rainy-day visits-you
[Books] will visit you at your convenience, whether you are lonesome or not, on rainy days or fair. They propose themselves as either transient acquaintances or permanent friends. They will stay as long as you like, departing or returning as you wish. Their friendship entails no obligation. Best of all, and not always true of our merely human friends, they have Cleopatra's infinite variety.
dream sleep insomnia
Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking.
men luck preparation
The man who attracts luck carries with him the magnet of preparation.
friendship true-friend real
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.
wine bottles
Wine is poetry in a bottle.
country travel adventure
When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.
wine bottles vineyards
A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.
wine soul body
If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul.