Terry Eagleton Quotes

A truly common culture is not one in which we all think alike, or in which we all believe that fairness is next to godliness, but one in which everyone is allowed to be in on the project of cooperatively shaping a common way of life.

Terry Eagleton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeCultureBelieveThinkFairness

The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture.

Alvar Aalto

LifeStyleArchitectureTrueVariety

Thanks to modern technology, we now can deliver every text in every research library to every citizen in our country, and to everyone in the world. If we fail to do so, we are not living up to our civic duty.

Robert Darnton

TechnologyResearchWorldLibrary

The reason you work as an artist is to stay open and ask questions.

Robert Wilson

WorkQuestionsYouArtistReason

Social media has created a digital latticework, but it has also, for some, created abusive commenters, silos, and validation rather than curiosity.

Mary Pilon

Social MediaCuriosityMediaDigital

It's hard to compare. Different times, different players. The administration four years ago did not have 9/11. I could tell you this; this particular administration was better suited to handle that than the former.

Montel Williams

BetterYouHardYearsTellHandle

If I ever wrote a book, people would never believe it.

Dick Dale

PeopleBookBelieveNeverWould

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.

Bob Hope

HappinessGreatPastGlowFindGive

I don't know the future.

Todd Akin

FutureKnow

Before I left for Germany, I had gotten accepted to the performing arts high school in New York, which was a big dream of mine. And having to leave that was very sad for me.

Nina Arianda

SadSchoolNew YorkMeHigh School

I can easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that in this book which I have written concerning the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, I ascribe certain motions to the Earth, they will cry out at once that I and my theory should be rejected.

Nicolaus Copernicus

FatherPeopleBookLearnEarthCry

My grandmothers on both sides chose not to go to doctors and passed away. We were entrenched in the Christian Science faith.

Myles Kennedy

FaithScienceChristianGoSides

We are less than honest and commit a grave error if we insist that what happened to Rodney G. King was isolated and an exceptional case. The poor know better.

Greg Boyle

KingBetterKnowPoorHonestError

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