"Somehow, it is hard to dislike a..." - Quote by John Updike

“I know more about what it's like to be elderly and infirm and kind of stupid, the way you get forgetful, but on the other hand I'm a littler, wiser, dare we say? The word 'wisdom' has kind of faded out of our vocabulary, but yeah, I'm a little wiser.”

“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.”

“There is the fear that you somehow neglected to say what was really yours to say.”

“Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose.”

“Golf is a puzzle without an answer.”

“Golf is a wonderful exercise. You can stand on your feet for hours, watching somebody else putt.”

“I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.”

“That's why I loved being with you. We could do the simplest things, like toss starfish into the ocean and share a burger and talk and even then I knew that I was fortunate. Because you were the first guy who wasn't constantly trying to impress me. You accepted who you were, but more than that, you accepted me for me. And nothing else mattered-- not my family or your family or anyone else in the world. It was just us.”

“My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head.”