John Updike Quotes

There is no pleasing New Englanders, my dear, their soil is all rocks and their hearts are bloodless absolutes.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

RocksNewSoilHeartsDearPleasing

I like getting toilet paper thrown at me.

Joel Madden

MeToiletPaperLikeThrownGetting

Other people might want a Ferrari, but I wanted a butterfly house. I built it together with a blacksmith. We designed it together.

Andre Rieu

ButterflyTogetherPeopleHouseWant

Drums, bass, guitar, keys, I play a little of each of those.

Mayer Hawthorne

GuitarPlayLittleBassDrumsKeys

The whole climate is changing: the winds, the ocean currents, the storm patterns, snow packs, snowmelt, flooding, droughts. Temperature is just a bit of it.

John Holdren

SnowOceanStormWindsChanging

Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.

Andy Rooney

HandsOutHeadRuleWorkingYour

Before working with Deaf West, I had never met a deaf person, and now I can't imagine life without ASL.

Michael Arden

LifePersonNowDeafNeverWithout

People assume that I'm girly. But people who know me say I'm more boyish.

Song Hye-kyo

PeopleMeKnowSayMoreBoyish

Season 1 of 'Power' was a hit. Everyone was talking about the series and how I should watch it. The show was well written, and it had a great cast.

Rotimi

PowerGreatTalkingEveryoneWatch

There's a universal inside of me. So if I tell my story, you're going to see parts of your story in it. I don't know which parts, but we all overlap. We're all very much alike.

Mary Gauthier

MeStoryYouKnowInsideSee

With action movies, that's just fun stuff for me. That's me being a kid again. Same with 'The Best of Me' and these romantic dramas. It's such a freedom from reality and social constructions. You get to just have fun and play and be in a movie.

Luke Bracey

FreedomRomanticBestFunMeAction

I met a guy on the golf course who was a kinesiologist - after I looked up the word, I found out it meant exercise. I started working with him, and that was many years ago.

Johnny Mathis

GolfExerciseHimYearsOutUp

Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.

Dianne Feinstein

LeadershipPeopleWantAbility

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