"The world keeps ending but new people too……" — John Updike
"The world keeps ending but new people too dumb to know it keep showing up as if the fun's just started."
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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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One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
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Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.
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Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
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Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company.
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I always wanted to be a hairdresser.
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Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.
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Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
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We made too many wrong mistakes.
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So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?
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