What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike
The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education. – John Updike
Dreams come true without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. – John Updike
Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them. – John Updike
Increased revenues, meaning higher taxes, will be a central element of any successful long-term budget plan, and President Obama is right to insist that the wealthy – the slice of America that has come through the recession in by far the best financial health – should provide those funds. – Steven Rattner