Terry Eagleton Quotes

Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human being takes practice; and those who are brilliant at being human (what Christians call the saints) are the virtuosi of the moral sphere - the Pavarottis and Maradonas of virtue.

Terry Eagleton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 22, 1943

Topics

GoodPracticeYouMoralVirtue

I didn't play basketball because I'd learned how to ice skate.

Joe Morton

BasketballIcePlayBecauseHow

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

Jean-Paul Sartre

MenMeGoBecomeFarInterests

I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface.

Jeff Bezos

CreativeEnergyWantSomebodyUse

I've always loved the mixture of crushing live drums with a programmed groove, that really cool blend, like in the verse there's a really funky drum beat that is programmed then it comes in to the chorus; you've got that enormous human feel where the band kicks in.

Tommy Lee

LiveCoolLovedFeelYouHuman

I'm not comfortable with getting a job by being at the right Hollywood party; I'm not a terribly sociable creature.

Mary-Louise Parker

JobPartyHollywoodComfortable

'Police Story' had some of the best writing on television, and one reason for that is because most of the scripts were based on real cases.

Michael Mann

BestPoliceWritingStoryTelevision

My fans know me and love me the way I am. I don't want to lie to my fans.

Mithun Chakraborty

LoveLieI AmMeLove MeKnow

I've always wanted to be a mom at 23, 24ish, ever since I was a little girl. I'm right on schedule.

Brandy Norwood

GirlMomScheduleRightAlwaysEver

Every coach, during a game, it is important to understand the situation to change.

Antonio Conte

ChangeGameSituationUnderstand

Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them.

Augustus Hare

PeopleWillFollowThingsExcellent

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

Arthur Miller

LifeBecauseLikeMuchTheater

There is history in condoms, there is history in lampshades, there is history in everything.

Norman Davies

HistoryEverything

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