John Updike Quotes

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

RestRiskContentUsArtistsExcess

I think the greatest lesson that power has to teach us is, once you've had it, once you are a part of it, you're never free.

Joe Morton

PowerFreeThinkYouLessonNever

A brown lip liner will affect a red lipstick differently than a red lip liner.

Jillian Hervey

RedRed LipstickLipstickWillBrown

So much talent comes from the base of poverty and those in the margins. You limit the base, you miss too much talent.

Jesse Jackson

TalentPovertyYouToo MuchLimit

I've never thought of myself as a professional. I very rarely do something I don't enjoy.

Stellan Skarsgard

MyselfThoughtEnjoyProfessional

My own wife is from the Philippines and came here legally to this country, and there are a lot of people that want to be part of this nation, and I want them to be part of this nation.

Trent Franks

WifePeopleCountryWantMy OwnOwn

Baseball has been very good to me.

Roberto Clemente

GoodBaseballMeBeenVery

I'm actually a really big board game and video game nerd.

Ross Butler

GameBigBoardNerdVideoActually

I shall be well enough when I get to Kentucky or Alabama. The tonic I need is the tonic of opposition. That always sets me on my feet.

Dorothea Dix

MeFeetEnoughNeedAlwaysAlabama

There's only one thing that regularly keeps me up at night. Working with the greatest people in the world and knowing that they are counting on me to build a company that endures - a company where they can grow professionally. A company where they can build world-class products and be proud to work.

David Ulevitch

WorkPeopleMeWorldNightProud

Obviously Mad TV, SNL are one kind of show, whereas The State belongs to the kind of show that is entirely conceived written and performed by a set group that existed before the TV show.

David Wain

MadKindGroupShowSetTV Show

Our people are ebbing away like a rapidly receding tide that will never return. The white man's God cannot love our people, or He would protect them.

Chief Seattle

LoveGodManPeopleTideWhite

Many adults that I have met in my time believed that picture books are 'babyish'. I hope I have changed minds on this, as I set out to do.

Anthony Browne

HopeTimePictureMindsOutChanged

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by John Updike