"Sometimes it seems the whole purpose of pets……" — John Updike
"Sometimes it seems the whole purpose of pets is to bring death into the house."
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339 Quotes by John Updike
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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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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
— Aristophanes
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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
— Aristotle
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To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there.
— Richard Bach
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
— Saint Augustine
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Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.
— Jane Austen
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Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where…
— Bill Ayers
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Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and…
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There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn…
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One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access…
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Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.
— Francis Bacon
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There's three things: there's masculinity, there's intelligence, there's sensitivity. You've got to bring those three things to a leading man's…
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People want change. How is Barack going to do it? I think McCain can bring change.
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