John Updike Quotes

Most Americans haven't had my happy experience of living for thirteen years in a seventeenth-century house, since most of America lacks seventeenth-century houses.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ExperienceHappyAmericaHouseYears

We control health and pathogenicity by complex multi-speciated relationships through symbiosis and synergy. Portable shelters for livestock, along with electric fencing, insure hygienic and sanitary housing and lounging areas, not to mention clean air, sunshine, and exercise.

Joel Salatin

HealthSunshineControlExerciseAir

I live in New Orleans part of the year, and it's a really fun eating town. I bought two homes there, one to live in and one as an investment. They love to eat, drink and dress up in costumes. There are so many reasons to dress up - Mardi Gras, Halloween, Southern Decadence.

Jennifer Coolidge

LoveLiveFunDressEatingYear

When you check out at PetSmart, the cashier usually asks you if you want to donate money to PetSmart charities to help save the animals. Usually, we're so busy we don't even pay attention.

Jenna Morasca

MoneyBusyHelpAttentionYouWant

It seems strange that bears, so fond of all sorts of flesh, running the risks of guns and fires and poison, should never attack men except in defense of their young. How easily and safely a bear could pick us up as we lie asleep! Only wolves and tigers seem to have learned to hunt man for food, and perhaps sharks and crocodiles.

John Muir

FoodMenLieManRisksWolves

I will always demand the right for theatre to talk about anything and anyone. Without exception. None.

Robert Lepage

TheatreWillTalkRightAnything

Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.

Ang Lee

HonestyRelationshipYourselfYou

People change all the time.

Tony Shalhoub

ChangeTimePeoplePeople Change

I have always adhered to two principles. The first one is to train hard and get in the best possible physical condition. The second is to forget all about the other fellow until you face him in the ring and the bell sounds for the fight.

Rocky Marciano

BestFightFaceYouTrainPossible

Obviously wrestling is a core component of MMA. And among UFC fighters, my take-down defence is considered quite high.

Robert Whittaker

WrestlingHighMMACoreFighters

'Gathering Blue' was a separate book. I wanted to explore what a society might become after a catastrophic world event. Only at the end did I realize I could make it connect to 'The Giver.'

Lois Lowry

BlueWorldSocietyBookEndBecome

The future of TV is not on TV. It's on the smaller screens we are all using in front of the television set.

Jorge Ramos

FutureTelevisionScreensSetFront

I think the challenge is going out in front of a paying audience with absolutely nothing and trying to entertain them for two hours. Thankfully, I only think about that right before we go on, and then once we're out there, everything's fine.

Colin Mochrie

ChallengeThinkTryingGoNothing

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