John Updike Quotes
In show business you learn to let it slide off your back. You know, fuck 'em. Otherwise you'd kill yourself.
Quotes to Explore
-
Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.
-
Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
-
I've got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I've taken better care of my illness.
-
Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
-
All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.
-
I have observed, through many years of living in north Brooklyn, that people, for example an ostensible group of friends, can be dangerous to one another.
-
I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
-
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
-
I just respect Kanye as an artist.
-
I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
-
No one escapes from the past without bearing some of its burdens.
-
I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.
-
A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.
-
I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
-
My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.
-
My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
-
I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood.
-
Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
-
I think the meaning of the universe is bound up with the egg. ... I am fed up with the meaning of the universe. Everything starts in the egg and ends in death. I think it's called 'the heartbreak at the heart of things.' But then perhaps our very mortality is an egg and at the moment of death our souls will emerge like damp chicks.
-
The Trump family's business model is part of a broader shift in corporate structure that has taken place within many brand-based multinationals, one with transformative impacts on culture and the job market, trends that I wrote about in my first book, 'No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies'.
-
My 'Chili Palmer' was my mother. Her name is Carmen Milian, and she's my manager. Before getting into music, we actually educated ourselves, and I went to college for music as a business and learned the business side, and she read a lot of books.
-
Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.
-
I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I do is I get people to read to me, and I put the stories in my head.
-
In show business you learn to let it slide off your back. You know, fuck 'em. Otherwise you'd kill yourself.
