Updike
Updike is a surname of Dutch origin, and is a spelling variant of the Dutch Opdijk, a topographical name meaning someone who lived on a dike. The surname has been present in North America since the settlement of New Netherlands in the 17th century. Updike used to be spelled as Updyke and many other ways, but is know most commonly spelt as Updike.
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Famous quotes containing the word updike:
“I would rather have as my patron a host of anonymous citizens digging into their own pockets for the price of a book or a magazine than a small body of enlightened and responsible men administering public funds. I would rather chance my personal vision of truth striking home here and there in the chaos of publication that exists than attempt to filter it through a few sets of official, honorably public-spirited scruples.”
—John Updike (b. 1932)
“An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause.”
—John Updike (b. 1932)
“The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever.”
—John Updike (b. 1932)