"Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency." ― John Updike Topic(s): Wisdom More From John Updike "Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went." "Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them." "The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education." More In Wisdom "I want as many people as possible to hear my music. I’m happy to entertain people by being a star."― Kid Rock "To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."― Bertrand Russell "Most of Roosevelt’s innovations have been the law of the land for 70 years now, and yet we are still a free society free enough, that is, to allow tens of thousands of protesters to gather on the National Mall and to broadcast their slogans and speeches to the world via C-SPAN."― Thomas Frank