I believe it was Gayelord Hauser, the nutritionist, who said, 'You are what you eat,' but if you happen to be an intellectual, you are what you quote.
Joseph EpsteinA cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.
Joseph EpsteinIf geniuses can sometimes make mistakes, cannot the rest of us on occasion be geniuses?
Joseph EpsteinFor me writing is foremost a mode of thinking and when it works well, an act of discovery
Joseph Epstein