John Updike Quotes

I seem most instinctively to believe in the human value of creative writing, whether in the form of verse or fiction, as a mode of truth-telling, self-expression and homage to the twin miracles of creation and consciousness.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 18, 1932 - January 27, 2009

Topics

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The theory of evolution is totally inadequate to explain the origin and manifestation of the inorganic world.

John Ambrose Fleming

WorldEvolutionExplainManifestation

It seems that when anything aimed at kids catches on, it causes the collective antennae of the older set to go up.

Jeff Kinney

GoUpAnythingCollectiveKidsSet

Sports were a big part of my life. I was the captain of the basketball team in high school, and captain of the basketball team at Princeton.

John W. Rogers, Jr.

LifeSportsSchoolTeamBasketball

I'm stupidly curious. I will go and touch anything until I find out that it's very harmful.

Steven Yeun

CuriousFindGoWillTouchAnything

We have responsibilities for others, not just across space but across time. We have responsibilities to people who came before us. They left us a world of institutions, ideas or possibilities for which we, in turn, owe them something. One of the things we owe them is not to squander them.

Tony Judt

TimeSpacePeopleIdeasWorldTurn

Is there going to be a peace in the Middle East? Not in my lifetime.

Michael T. Flynn

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Running a TV show is always running a TV show; it's never not running a TV show.

Joss Whedon

NeverAlwaysShowTV ShowTV

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

Joseph Addison

HumblePeopleWishWishesBecome

I think 2016 will be an absolutely pivotal year for our nation, and I'm running against Michael Bennet because I think he's dangerous. He doesn't understand the enemies that we face.

Jon Keyser

FaceThinkYearDangerousUnderstand

Gandhi wanted to meet with Churchill, his most bitter foe, when he visited London in 1931- but it didn't happen. Churchill wanted to go to India personally as prime minister in 1942 to negotiate a final settlement on India with Gandhi and the other nationalist leaders - but the fall of Singapore prevented it from happening.

Arthur L. Herman

FallIndiaGoMeetLondonHappen

I'm an easy target because of my political opinions.

Sean Connery

PoliticalOpinionsEasyTarget

Your arms don't hang by your side in space like they do on Earth because there is no gravity. It feels awkward to have them floating in front of me.

Scott Kelly

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