Disgrace Quote by John Updike Download Open image ““Part of being human is being on the verge of disgrace.”” — John Updike ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Disgrace Human Human Verge Nature of man Shame Verge Verge Disgrace
“for that which is a disgrace to human nature, throws something of a shade over all the human character, and each individual feels his… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Here, bodily damage is more or less considered to be a by-product of living, not a disgrace.” — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“We humans are not just a superficial race (this may be curable to some extent); we are a very unfair one.” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Being human beings is not a responsibility we can avoid, but we can, and do, tell an awful lot of lies in trying to… — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
“One is respected and judged only as a human being. It is an appalling experience. Back” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“A real human being, however profoundly we sympathize with him, is in large part perceived by our senses, that is to say, remains opaque… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“...I saw it clearly. The tragedy of our time is to have lost the ability to feel loss, the inability of power to rise… — Earl Lovelace Copy Share Image
Life is a roller coaster, you have your ups and downs unless you fall off. — John Updike Copy Share Image
Children are not a zoo of entertainingly exotic creatures, but an array of mirrors in which the human predicament leaps out at us. — John Updike Copy Share Image
I assume my stance, and take back the club, low, slowly; at the top, my eyes fog over, and my joints dip and swirl… — John Updike Copy Share Image
The New England spirit does not seek solutions in a crowd; raw light and solitariness are less dreaded than welcomed as enhancers of our… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I imagine most of that stuff on the information highway is roadkill anyway. — John Updike Copy Share Image
Families, doing everything for each other out of imagined obligation and always getting in each other's way, what a tangle. — John Updike Copy Share Image
“The mind cannot fall asleep as long as it watches itself. Only when the mind moves unwatched and becomes absorbed in images that tug… — John Updike Copy Share Image
In fiction, imaginary people become realer to us than any named celebrity glimpsed in a series of rumored events, whose causes and subtler ramifications… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“Her hair had been going gray as long as he could remember; she bundled it behind in a bun held with hairpins that he… — John Updike Copy Share Image
We will live to see the day that St. Patrick's Cathedral is a child-care center and the pope is no longer a disgrace to… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Without ... the creative imagination rushing in where bureaucratic angels fear to tread - without this, life is a mockery and a disgrace. — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
Success in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Miss Wormwood: Calvin, your test was an absolute disgrace! It's obvious you haven't read any of the material. Our first president was not Chef… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The people who illegally cross into the country are from countries that have very close ties to al Qaeda, whether it's Yemen or Afghanistan,… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. — Andrew Cuomo Copy Share Image
To him who disgraces his family life is no life, and to such a person there is no one a friend, neither while living… — Plato Copy Share Image
