Joseph Epstein

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 Epstein

#humor #quotatious #humor

[Snobbishness] is the desire for what divides men and the inability to value what unites them. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#snobbery #men

The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#august #being #coat #comes #damn

Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#envy #feels #general #kind #least

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#basically #been #complainer #complaint #grounds

I am married to someone I love. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#i #i am #i love #love #married

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#foreign #foreign languages #i #just #know

I am the heterosexual Truman Capote. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#capote #heterosexual #i #i am #truman

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#compliment #distance #funny #give #i

By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#french #hesitate #right #secret #speaking