Clifton Paul Fadiman

"A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke and that the joke is oneself. "

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

"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. "

"We are all citizens of history. "

"When you read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before. "