Terry Eagleton Quotes

Poetry is the most subtle of the literary arts, and students grow more ingenious by the year at avoiding it. If they can nip around Milton, duck under Blake and collapse gratefully into the arms of Jane Austen, a lot of them will.

Terry Eagleton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PoetryGrowDuckYearWillMore

I always feel like I'm running an hour and a half late.

Joe Morton

FeelLateAlwaysHalfLikeHour

Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.

John Lithgow

GreatPerspectiveAwardsEverything

I'll never be the biggest kind of star; I'll be like Bob Duvall, respected as an actor but a lot of people can't identify the face. I don't have the personality of a big star, or the looks of a Mel Gibson or a Paul Newman, or the style of a George C. Scott.

John Malkovich

StylePersonalityPeopleFaceLooks

I have a memory of my mother kneeling in front of a cabinet in our home, tenderly cradling her wedding china. We never used the plates; she died in her 40s without ever letting herself enjoy these gorgeous pieces. I told myself that I would use my precious items.

Roma Downey

MotherHomeMyselfMemoryWedding

'WrestleMania' was the best day of my life, the greatest opportunity I've ever been afforded, but at the same time, no one wants to lose the main event for the WWE world heavyweight championship.

Roman Reigns

LifeOpportunityTimeBestDayLose

I've been around long enough to know that empires come and empires go, and I can't tell how long the Google empire is going to last - but I'm pretty convinced that the answer is less than forever.

Mitch Kapor

EnoughLongGoKnowGoogleEmpires

I had played sports all my life, and I thought that was going to be the way. But I saw where the potential in football was going to end. When it comes to decision-making, I just follow my gut at the end of the day. And if I don't, I get in trouble. I wanted to become a filmmaker.

Jason Wiles

LifeSportsDayFootballThought

Fighting's not me - it's just something that I do.

Donald Cerrone

MeFightingSomethingJust

People didn't like me; I was loud and aggressive. People can take it from a 42-year-old, but when you're a little kid, and people are like, 'You're loud and awful,' you think, 'I guess I am awful,' so writing and figuring out how to put things into words was the way I felt better.

Ariel Levy

WordsI AmPeopleMeWritingBetter

The Left sees no place for differing opinions.

Richard Grenell

OpinionsPlaceLeftSeesDiffering

I want to crush everyone. I want to outsmart everyone.

Lewis Hamilton

WantEveryoneCrush

The one message I always send to young people is, Don't be afraid to try different things to see what feels right and what's a good fit.

Kimberly Guilfoyle

GoodPeopleYoungTryRightSee

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