Christmas morning in Russia a cruel snow-laden wind blowing straight out of the pages of Russian his...
CLIFTON DANIEL Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.
CLIFTON FADIMAN There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can...
CLIFTON FADIMAN When you read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you tha...
CLIFTON FADIMAN The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.
CLIFTON FADIMAN Cheese -- milk's leap forward to immortality.
CLIFTON FADIMAN A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.
CLIFTON FADIMAN A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it remain...
CLIFTON FADIMAN To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.
CLIFTON FADIMAN For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.
CLIFTON FADIMAN To divide one's life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by our own arithmetic. The cale...
CLIFTON FADIMAN When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you ...
CLIFTON FADIMAN One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the numbe...
CLIFTON FADIMAN The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.
CLIFTON FADIMAN Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality.
CLIFTON FADIMAN When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you ...
CLIFTON FADIMAN I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.
CLIFTON FADIMAN There are many good ideas out there, but we need our own here in Troy. We are working on sponsoring ...
BRYAN CLIFTON This has been going on now for several months. It has been going on for a while.
BRYAN CLIFTON The different dates show how far under water your memorial was that day.
BRYAN CLIFTON We would like the current structure torn down and use some of the old structure as part of the new o...
BRYAN CLIFTON When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is desi...
CLIFTON FADIMAN One's first book, kiss, home run, is always the best.
CLIFTON FADIMAN Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality.
CLIFTON FADIMAN Things don't fall apart. Things hold. Lines connect in thin ways that last and last and lives become...
LUCILLE CLIFTON For most men, life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed
CLIFTON FADIMAN Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about...
CLIFTON FADIMAN Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.
CLIFTON FADIMAN The final outcomes of the Dubai negotiations are extremely disappointing, with the results akin to a...
CLIFTON CURTIS To divide one's life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by our own arithmetic. The cale...
CLIFTON FADIMAN Miss Stein was a past master in making nothing happen very slowly
CLIFTON FADIMAN Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly
CLIFTON FADIMAN the lost women

I need to know their names
those women I would have walked with,
LUCILLE CLIFTON As between mileage and experience choose experience.
CLIFTON FADIMAN He said the name on the front of the jersey doesn't matter. We proved that today.
CLIFTON LEE All this area all through here is all undermined and it could fall in at any time.
CLIFTON LAWRENCE Tanaka's our only true ball handler and he never came off the floor. They kept throwing different gu...
KRAIG CLIFTON Unfortunately, due to the efforts of the United States and others, it's been reduced to a minimalist...
CLIFTON CURTIS To feel at home, stay at home.
CLIFTON FADIMAN We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, wh...
CLIFTON FADIMAN A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is oneself.
CLIFTON FADIMAN Only the broken-hearted idealist can become a cynic.
MARK CLIFTON We wanted to set up the table on behalf of the orphans and other Indians in need because of their pe...
NIKKI CLIFTON Any time you can go into those big?name colleges, and pull out a win or come close to winning, it bu...
CLIFTON LEE Any time you can go into one of those big-time colleges and pull out the win or come close, it build...
CLIFTON LEE He has made a profession out of a business and an art out of a profession.
CLIFTON FADIMAN The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.
CLIFTON 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 resp...
CLIFTON FADIMAN If you give up a sack, you're exposed. It's out there for everyone to see.
CHAD CLIFTON The mayor rediscovered there were some gifts I had that could be helpful to the city of Philadelphia...
CLIFTON DAVIS It's a tribute. I'm trying to get a little attention, get people talking to me.
CLIFTON LEE The mama of dada
CLIFTON FADIMAN Your future is as bright as the stars the only difference is the stars are going to be in this world...
SHELDON CLIFTON A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.
CLIFTON FADIMAN Marlon Brando said any guy can become an actor. It takes a real man to quit.
CLIFTON DAVIS As between mileage and experience choose experience
CLIFTON FADIMAN Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a fir...
CLIFTON FADIMAN Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality
CLIFTON FADIMAN When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in YOU th...
CLIFTON FADIMAN I would say we're in the mid-majors. We spoke with a mid-major analyst who had us ranked in that pol...
CLIFTON LEE Dr. Seuss provided "ingenious and uniquely witty solutions to the standing problem of the juvenile f...
CLIFTON FADIMAN It needs to be more ambitious ... it should be a flexible toolbox of actions.
CLIFTON CURTIS I never have, not from Day One. You see hits like that every week in the NFL. When you go on the fie...
CHAD CLIFTON I block down and he (guard Scott Wells) pulls around. He (Harris) just got me off the ball on that p...
CHAD CLIFTON won't you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into
a kind of life? i had no model.
b...
LUCILLE CLIFTON I was relaxed, went through my routine and knocked them down. I wanted them to keep fouling me.
CLIFTON LEE Vision without action is Hallucination.
DON CLIFTON When everyone thinks something is true, it does not make it anything more than effective marketing.
CLIFTON HILL He was huge before he ever came to Lubbock, and I think it's no different than when he was in Indian...
CLIFTON WILKINSON We go into every game thinking we can win. This game was no different. We've been down before.
CLIFTON LEE Anytime you could go into those 'big-name' colleges and pull out a win or come close to winning, it ...
CLIFTON LEE We don't back down from anyone. As long as we go out there and execute, pressure the ball and reboun...
CLIFTON LEE I was thinking about it the whole game.
CLIFTON LEE Kerwin said how you bounce back determines your character.
CLIFTON LEE Our guys off the bench give us a spark. Not many other teams have that.
CLIFTON LEE It's scary knowing that something like this could happen to anybody in the neighborhood here. We jus...
CLIFTON LAWRENCE We've had two fall in here on this place here.
CLIFTON LAWRENCE Our farm in England is not nearly as profitable.
CLIFTON LAMPARD We thought there was a hard time ahead for farming and we had to do something different.
CLIFTON LAMPARD It would probably have taken several months if we had to model the block directly, and I am not sure...
CLIFTON KIZIAH His thought process when he signed that deal was that he had a chance to be with the Red Sox for lif...
GREGG CLIFTON Whenever a trade happens, it's always a little shocking from the player's perspective.
GREGG CLIFTON David's a competitor. From David's perspective, not having the opportunity to compete until the midd...
GREGG CLIFTON We really haven't discussed that. David's a professional. He knows he has a job to do.
GREGG CLIFTON We are still in close contact with the Red Sox and they have told us they will do whatever they can ...
GREGG CLIFTON I know David would still like to finish his career on the West Coast, but he has no plans to hold ou...
GREGG CLIFTON I just hope, as does Terry, that the Red Sox don't use this discount to deal him away to another tea...
GREGG CLIFTON Dream and imagine what you want and you will bring it into reality.
LEONARD CLIFTON You might as well answer the door, my child,
the truth is furiously knocking.
LUCILLE CLIFTON People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish t...
LUCILLE CLIFTON i keep hearing / tree talk / water words / and i keep knowing what they mean.
LUCILLE CLIFTON Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.
LUCILLE CLIFTON . . . even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties, in my ...
LUCILLE CLIFTON To read in bed is to draw around us invisible, noiseless curtains. Then at last we are in a room of ...
CLIFTON FADIMAN All year, the thing that has kept us in games is our defense. But on Friday night, we broke down on ...
KRAIG CLIFTON They gutted it out and played pretty well.
KRAIG CLIFTON We lost to a very good team. They're tough to beat in their place.
KRAIG CLIFTON It's a challenging time for the kids. We really need a win to keep our heads above water. It's not t...
KRAIG CLIFTON We finally played our best game of the year. Patterson is an excellent team, but our scoring was spr...
KRAIG CLIFTON They can hit you from so many directions and every on the floor can shoot and that makes it hard to ...
KRAIG CLIFTON It's not surprising. You could tell that they were right there last season.
KRAIG CLIFTON They're only doing what they always do in an emergency. It was chaotic but things went well.
KAREN CLIFTON There's talk about oil showing up in the water now so I imagine they're frantic now.
KAREN CLIFTON They have athletes at every position. They're really aggressive and they make things hard.
KRAIG CLIFTON The fourth got us. We had some easy opportunities to score but just didn't convert. (Los Banos) real...
KRAIG CLIFTON At an early age, you started hearing it: It's a virtue to be "well-rounded."... They might as well h...
DONALD O. CLIFTON I am proud of the enthusiasm and efforts of everyone across Journal Register Company who contributed...
JEAN B. CLIFTON We are confident that Fred will do an excellent job as General Manager of The Phoenix and under his ...
JEAN B. CLIFTON Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be...
DANIEL BURNHAM Smart phones and social media expand our universe. We can connect with others or collect information...
DANIEL GOLEMAN A cook never knows if the dish he perfected for hours was described properly or if a guest even like...
DANIEL HUMM Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to ...
DANIEL BOONE Even if you are vegetarian, you do want to have a stuffing for Thanksgiving. The stuffing is not so ...
DANIEL HUMM Everyone comes to live in New York because they want to achieve something, and for that reason, ther...
DANIEL HUMM I think New York is truly unique in its singular combination of the quality of both the talent it at...
DANIEL HUMM I've been playing sports since I was five. For me, there's no happier moment than when I'...
DANIEL HUMM You've got to listen to your guests.
DANIEL HUMM Just as food is a craft, great service is, too. It can take years to perfect the technical aspects o...
DANIEL HUMM If you are working with high quality products, you can elevate the flavors more by cooking it at a l...
DANIEL HUMM I have fond memories from growing up in Switzerland and drinking a glass of warm milk with a spoonfu...
DANIEL HUMM The perfect ham and cheese sandwich is all about focusing on quality ingredients and about simple te...
DANIEL HUMM What people don't think about when they think about New York is this amazing farmland that grows...
DANIEL HUMM I have fallen in love with granola, in life and at work. I exercise every morning, and then I have a...
DANIEL HUMM I'm from Switzerland, so I grew up with great chocolate.
DANIEL HUMM A cookbook is a moment in time because, otherwise, you look back at the end of the day, and all the ...
DANIEL HUMM History has long had a wall up between the kitchen and the dining room. Front of house, back of hous...
DANIEL HUMM Passion for what you do is essential to success in any profession. That passion naturally keeps you ...
DANIEL HUMM My wife is from Chicago, and every time we go, I just love it. I love the restaurant scene, and peop...
DANIEL HUMM I try to run so I can eat anything I want. I feel it's a luxury to be able to splurge on somethi...
DANIEL HUMM I love New York, where I live - it's the best city in the world. Nowhere in the world do you hav...
DANIEL HUMM At my restaurant, we made a dessert called 'milk and honey.' It's milk ice cream that lo...
DANIEL HUMM We can use all the scientific tools, but it will never replace the palate or the talent of the chefs...
DANIEL HUMM No tablecloths, silver cutlery, fine porcelain, sommeliers, or deep wine lists - that's fine. Bu...
DANIEL HUMM People often think of New York as a city, a concrete jungle with soaring skyscrapers and yellow taxi...
DANIEL HUMM Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.
DANIEL DREW We come to know best what men are, in their worse jeopardizes.
SAMUEL DANIEL The wise are above books.
SAMUEL DANIEL And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
SAMUEL DANIEL Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
SAMUEL DANIEL By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out ...
SAMUEL DANIEL The stars that have most glory have no rest.
SAMUEL DANIEL Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.
SAMUEL DANIEL I'm not clumsy, I'm just accident prone.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE Psychologists really aim to be scientists, white-coat stuff, with elaborate statistics, running expe...
DANIEL KAHNEMAN As I mature as a chef, I no longer aim to pack multiple techniques and ingredients into a single dis...
DANIEL HUMM Intuitive diagnosis is reliable when people have a lot of relevant feedback. But people are very oft...
DANIEL KAHNEMAN True intuitive expertise is learned from prolonged experience with good feedback on mistakes.
DANIEL KAHNEMAN I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.
DANIEL BOONE We think, each of us, that we're much more rational than we are. And we think that we make our d...
DANIEL KAHNEMAN Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.
DANIEL WEBSTER Policy makers, like most people, normally feel that they already know all the psychology and all the...
DANIEL KAHNEMAN We never considered ourselves to be a good band or anything, we just thought we were playing for fun...
DANIEL JOHNS Whenever the debate moves on to hard numbers - our deficit with Europe, our surplus with the rest of...
DANIEL HANNAN But eventually it's a question of access: Getting access to fields is on top of the oil companie...
DANIEL YERGIN But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a bu...
DANIEL YERGIN I feel traveling certainly does broaden the mind. In my case certainly I feel more confident. It giv...
DANIEL TAMMET Now I understand that one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is ...
DANIEL KEYES I'm not an easy person to love. There are lots of times when I'm a very good boyfriend, but ...
DANIEL RADCLIFFE I just moved into the world of Xbox Live. And I've discovered that everyone on the Internet is a...
DANIEL RADCLIFFE We need to re-create boundaries. When you carry a digital gadget that creates a virtual link to the ...
DANIEL GOLEMAN You're a good man," Fang said. "You're the last good man in this whole town. All the good that could...
DANIEL WALLACE Most British people are keen to remain in a European free trade zone; and most EU states are keen to...
DANIEL HANNAN The 'Robben Island Bible' has arrived at the British Museum. It's a garish thing, its co...
DANIEL HANNAN Gentlemen, the character of Washington is among the most cherished contemplations of my life. It is ...
DANIEL WEBSTER While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and...
DANIEL WEBSTER The freest government, if it could exist, would not be long acceptable, if the tendency of the laws ...
DANIEL WEBSTER The Senator says the territory of California is three times greater than the average extent of the n...
DANIEL WEBSTER When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally...
DANIEL WEBSTER He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.
DANIEL WEBSTER If we work upon marble, it will perish; if we work on brass, time will efface it. If we rear temples...
DANIEL WEBSTER Where is it written in the Constitution, in what article or section is it contained, that you may ta...
DANIEL WEBSTER When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless tha...
DANIEL WEBSTER They are usually denominated labor-saving machines, but it would be more just to call them labor-doi...
DANIEL WEBSTER He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touche...
DANIEL WEBSTER Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.
DANIEL WEBSTER Other misfortunes may be borne, or their effects overcome. If disastrous war should sweep our commer...
DANIEL WEBSTER Credit is the vital air of the system of modern commerce. It has done more, a thousand times, to enr...
DANIEL WEBSTER We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on the watch-tower of lib...
DANIEL WEBSTER It is, Sir, as I have said, a small College, And yet, there are those who love it.
DANIEL WEBSTER What do we want with this vast, worthless area? This region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts o...
DANIEL WEBSTER New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transpa...
DANIEL GILLIES I moved to New Zealand from Winnipeg when I was almost five. I hated it. It was to a city in the sou...
DANIEL GILLIES Kevin Smith is so great in 'Kingdom Come,' isn't he? He's kind of this very earthy p...
DANIEL GILLIES I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad foo...
DANIEL GILLIES Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.
DANIEL GILLIES Variety improves the things that we do too often, but it rules the things that we don't do often...
DANIEL GILBERT No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make o...
DANIEL GILBERT If I wanted to know what a certain future would feel like to me, I would find someone who is already...
DANIEL GILBERT The truth is, bad things don't affect us as profoundly as we expect them to. That's true of ...
DANIEL GILBERT We don't believe other people's experiences can tell us all that much about our own. I think...
DANIEL GILBERT Few of us can accurately gauge how we will feel tomorrow or next week. That's why when you go to...
DANIEL GILBERT The data says that with the poor, a little money can buy a lot of happiness. If you're rich, a l...
DANIEL GILBERT I have everything that I could possibly want in life, from a gorgeous granddaughter and a wonderful ...
DANIEL GILBERT I actually think the same things do make most people happy. The differences are extremely small, and...
DANIEL GILBERT Part of us believes the new car is better because it lasts longer. But, in fact, that's the wors...
DANIEL GILBERT Your emotions are meant to fluctuate, just like your blood pressure is meant to fluctuate. It's ...
DANIEL GILBERT The mistakes we make when we try to imagine our personal futures are also lawful, regular, and syste...
DANIEL GILBERT The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is kno...
DANIEL GILBERT I was quite a successful evangelist. I've had people write to me and say, 'Gee, I'm a Ch...
DANIEL EVERETT It's wrong to try and convert tribal societies. What should the empirical evidence for religion ...
DANIEL EVERETT