English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:
John Updike Quotes

John Updike quotes about respect

American Novelist, Writer March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009

John Updike quotes in french
John Updike quotes in russian
John Updike quotes in german
 Cite this Page: Citation

Quotes

I remember one English teacher in the eighth grade, Florence Schrack, whose husband also taught at the high school. I thought what she said made sense, and she parsed sentences on the blackboard and gave me, I'd like to think, some sense of English grammar and that there is a grammar, that those commas serve a purpose and that a sentence has a logic, that you can break it down. I've tried not to forget those lessons, and to treat the English language with respect as a kind of intricate tool. John Updike
Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art. John Updike
John Updike quote: "How can you respect the world when you see it's being run by a..."
How can you respect the world when you see it's being run by a bunch of kids turned old? John Updike
John Updike quote: "Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever..."
Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them. John Updike

Popular Author

Related Authors