Author: John Updike

The great thing about the dead, they make space.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic
Death People

Sex is like money; only too much is enough.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic
Money Sex

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.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic
Golf Honesty Insults Intelligence Sports

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic
Age Intelligence Old Wisdom

The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic
Golf Sports

Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic
Golf Sports

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic
Characteristics People