Quote by John Updike
Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child.& Just how childlike

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

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Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his overanimation. One can either see or be seen. – John Updike

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The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it. – John Updike

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May thy ball lie in green pastures… and not in still waters. – Author Unknown

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The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green. – Ernest Hemingway

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My swing is so bad I look like a caveman killing his lunch. – Lee Trevino

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It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place this world is when one is playing golf. – Robert Lynd

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