Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them. – John Updike
Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child.& Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five. – John Updike
Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner. – 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. – John Updike