John Updike Quotes

For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SexOwnAlikeMustOurGlowing

Wrestling is ballet with violence.

Jesse Ventura

SportsViolenceWrestlingBallet

When I say I don't like my own work, that doesn't mean it isn't better than everyone else's.

John Banville

WorkBetterSayMy OwnMeanOwn

One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.

Andrew Wyeth

LoveArtDeepFarGoes

I think I'm a better doctor than I am a husband. I give myself a good grade as a doctor, then the next best grade as a father, and the worst grade as a husband.

Mehmet Oz

GoodFatherMyselfBestI AmDoctor

You have to support the government, not to me personally; I do not want anyone cultivating loyalty to me. I don't like that.

Rodrigo Duterte

LoyaltyGovernmentSupportMeYou

The American people deserve to know exactly which laws the Obama Administration is refusing to enforce and why.

Ron DeSantis

PeopleAmericanKnowWhyDeserve

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.

Rufus Choate

LoveHappyYouthReadingFastUp

When I die India will be found engraved on my heart.

Mary of Teck

HeartDieIndiaWillFoundEngraved

I'm half Hawaiian and the haka is a very sacred thing, something your family teaches you - my father taught me.

Jason Momoa

FamilyFatherMeYouHalfSomething

From the moment I open my eyes, I'm trying to free my body. I'm trying to get looser, more flexible, to gain control. Movement is medicine to me.

Conor McGregor

EyesMomentMeControlMedicine

I think I just had it by osmosis: an appreciation of Duke Ellington before I really even knew who he was.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

AppreciationThinkJustEvenKnew

My problem happens to be near-sightedness - inability to see distance. And this is pretty tough on a golfer.

Arnold Palmer

ToughProblemDistanceSeePretty

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