Rudge Flashcards
How Rudge defines history.
“How do I define history? It’s just one fucking thing after another.”
Rudge explaining why the university will take him.
“Look I’m shit at all this. Sorry. If they like me and they want to take me, they’ll take me because I’m dull and ordinary.”
Rudge comparing golf to more respected forms of intelligence.
“You think that’s a joke, but golf makes the same sense to me as architecture or films do to you.”
Rudge on art/music evolving with society.
“So is Gracie Fields [crap]. Only that’s his crap. This is our crap.”
Rudge tricking Hector into thinking Satre was a golfer.
“Where have you heard about Sartre.”
“He was a good golfer.”
“Really? I never knew that. Interesting.”
Flavor
“you’ve force-fed us the facts; now we’re in the process of running around acquiring flavor.”