John Updike Quotes

My father taught only math.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FatherMathOnlyTaught

Determination becomes obsession and then it becomes all that matters.

Jeremy Irvine

DeterminationMattersObsessionThen

There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic.

Anais Nin

TruthSmallHumanCompleteInstant

From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines.

Amartya Sen

WorkPreventionStartedAlso

Doctor Who was a big part of my childhood so it was a great honour to be in it.

Simon Pegg

GreatChildhoodDoctorBigWhoPart

Big brother listening in on your phone calls - I got a problem with that.

Roger Stone

BrotherListeningProblemPhoneBig

When I've finished one project, I start thinking about the next.

Mike Rutherford

StartThinkingProjectNextFinished

It never occurred to me that I'd be a musician. I was just drunk on music, jamming with friends, chilling out with lot of music around.

Mohit Chauhan

MusicMeFriendsDrunkNeverOut

I have dual citizenship with Italy.

Milo Ventimiglia

CitizenshipItalyDual

Well, dissent is the tradition in America, and I've been on the side of dissent a good bit of my career, particularly in the last many years of the Republican Congress.

Lloyd Doggett

GoodAmericaTraditionCareerSide

I don't go in for the high-end gyms with the high-tech equipment and all the fancy stuff.

Jason Statham

GoFancyStuffEquipmentHigh-Tech

I'm a great believer in stunt doubles. They do an amazing job.

Javier Bardem

GreatJobAmazingStuntDoubles

Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.

Denis Waitley

LifeUsAccountable

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