"Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart." — John Updike
"Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart."
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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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Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines…
— Karen Armstrong
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Why would anyone steal a shopping cart? It's like stealing a two-year-old.
— Erma Bombeck
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Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway.
— Frank A. Clark
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The arts of peace and the arts of war are like two wheels of a cart which, lacking one, will…
— Unknown Author
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I don't rate myself as a fantastic, talented athlete. I just have perseverance. I'm a cart horse. I work hard.
— Unknown Author
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The seasons don't matter to most of us anymore except as spectacles. In my county and in many places around…
— Bill McKibben
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Gerry Ford is easy to spot on the course. He drives the cart with the red cross painted on top.
— Bob Hope
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Talking about golf is always boring. Playing golf can be interesting, but not the part where you try to hit…
— Dave Barry
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A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no…
— Kenneth Grahame
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Every man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I did as much as I could: raising chickens, pushing an ice-cream cart, bagging walnuts, driving a tractor on a…
— Charles M. Schwab
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Scottish golf is a more public game. It is more reasonably priced and they play faster. It isn't cart golf.…
— Daniel J. King
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