Quotes by Updike, John

Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is >>

Bankruptcy is a sacred state, a condition beyond conditions, as theolo >>

School is where you go between when your parents can't take you, and i >>

Quotations about Facts

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious >>

The facts: nothing matters but the facts: worship of the facts leads t >>

The best current evidence is that media are mere vehicles that deliver >>

Facts are generally overesteemed. For most practical purposes, a thing is what men think it is. When they judged the earth flat, it was flat. As long as men thought slavery tolerable, tolerable it was. We live down here among shadows, shadows among shadows.

Updike, John