"A leader is one who, out of madness……" — John Updike
"A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world."
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339 Quotes by John Updike
John Updike has 339 quotes on this site.
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You always find things you didn't know you were going to say, and that is the adventure...
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Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic un-interestingness as an intellectual position. Where was the ingenuity,…
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The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.
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I imagine most of that stuff on the information highway is roadkill anyway.
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I assume my stance, and take back the club, low, slowly; at the top, my eyes fog over, and my…
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In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.
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Without rain, there would be no life.
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Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad, hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us.
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Many men are more faithful to their golf partners than to their wives and have stuck with them longer.
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What other sport holds out hope of improvement to a man or a woman over fifty? True, the pros begin…
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"Hit it with the back of your left hand" was the first swing thought I ever heard, brusquely bu not…
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...as all souls are equal before their Maker, a two inch putt counts the same as a 250 yard drive.…
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More Erratic Quotes
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Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.
— Julia Cameron
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God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered.
— John Cleese
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He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.
— Nicolas Bentley
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I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why…
— Richard M. Nixon
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What is meant by reality? It would seem to be something very erratic, very undependable - now to be found…
— Virginia Woolf
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I'll probably never produce a masterpiece, but so what? I feel I have a Sound aborning, which is my own,…
— Lester Bangs
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One-man-one-vote is a most difficult form of government.. Results can be erratic.
— Lee Kuan Yew
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I had a very erratic career. I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away,…
— Colin Hay
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Obviously, where art has it over life is in the matter of editing. Life can be seen to suffer from…
— Larry McMurtry
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The current operating system [culture] is flawed. It actually has bugs in it that generate contradictions. We're cutting the earth…
— Terence McKenna
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What it felt to me was like the dissolution of my idea of myself. I felt like separateness evaporated. I…
— Russell Brand
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There's really a shortage of good freelance writers. ... There are a lot of talented people who are very erratic,…
— Gloria Steinem
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