91 ordspråk av John Updike
John Updike
 It was one of history's great love stories, the mutually profitable romance which Hollywood and bohunk America conducted almost in the dark, a tapping of fervent messages through the wall of the San Gabriel Range. |
| Life is like an overlong drama through which we sit being nagged by the vague memories of having read the reviews |
| Many men are more faithful to their golf partners than to their wives and have stuck with them longer. |
| Men emerge pale from the little printing plant at four sharp, ghosts for an instant, blinking, until the outdoor light overcomes the look of constant indoor light clinging to them. |
| Midas's Law: Possession diminishes perception of value, immediately |
| Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. |
| Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad; hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us |
| Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. |
| Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe. We cannot imagine a Second Coming that would not be cut down to size by the televised evening news, or a Last Judgment not subject to pages of holier-than-thou second-guessing in The New York Review of Books. |
| Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being. |
| Possession diminishes perception of value, immediately |
| Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. |
| Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life. |
| School is where you go between when your parents can't take you, and industry can't take you. |
| Sex is like money; only too much is enough. |
Number of proverbs are 1469544
varav 1407627 på engelska
Proverb (1469544 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
Idiom (4438 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
Här har vi samlat ordstäv och talesätt i 34 år!
Vad är proverb?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!
varav 1407627 på engelska
Proverb (1469544 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
Idiom (4438 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
Här har vi samlat ordstäv och talesätt i 34 år!
Vad är proverb?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!
 |
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
Här har vi samlat ordstäv och talesätt i 34 år!
Vad är proverb?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!