Terry Eagleton Quotes

We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing, individual autonomy and ironic self-doubt; culture means a form of life that is customary, collective, passionate, spontaneous, unreflective and irrational.

Terry Eagleton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeReflectionCultureConflict

In life, there are those relationships where you really love someone, but they're just not right for you and there's a little bittersweet feel to it.

Jennifer Morrison

LifeLoveFeelSomeoneYouRight

The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London.

John le Carre

ServiceIntelligenceLondonSecret

I grew up in rural Alabama, 50 miles from Montgomery, in a very loving, wonderful family: wonderful mother, wonderful father. We attended church; we went to Sunday school every Sunday.

John Lewis

FamilyFatherMotherSchoolChurch

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates.

Angela Carter

CultureOpinionThinkScarsAngels

I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose.

Jeffery Deaver

WriteSingleBeginWordEightProse

On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least.

Jean Racine

ThroneRemorseManyWorriesLeast

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

Amos Bronson Alcott

StrengthMeWeaknessStrengthen

Capital structure isn't an eyeshade economic thing: It's about your ability to protect your workforce and your service levels.

Steve Wynn

ServiceProtectWorkforceAbility

Being in L.A. is great because there are so many weird people out there, so you can just blend in. I like that.

Dhani Harrison

GreatPeopleWeirdYouOutBlend

Very dangerous things, theories.

Dorothy L. Sayers

DangerousThingsVeryTheories

Making art is different for everyone.

China Chow

ArtEveryoneDifferentMaking

In any case, whenever technical progress opened a new window into the surrounding world, I felt the urge to look through this window, hoping to see something unexpected.

Bruno Rossi

ProgressWindowWorldLookNewSee

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