We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one. – John Updike
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
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
A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other peoples patience. – John Updike