Terry Eagleton Quotes

With fiction, you can talk about plot, character and narrative, whereas a poem brings home the fact that everything that happens in a work of literature happens in terms of language. And this is daunting stuff to deal with.

Terry Eagleton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkHomeCharacterLanguageYou

We do believe in an inside-out culture. If we hold our hosts and guests to an expectation of acceptance and belonging, it has to start within our company. Otherwise, how on earth do we have the credibility to hold them accountable if we're not doing it to ourselves?

Joe Gebbia

CultureAcceptanceStartBelieve

When executing advertising, it's best to think of yourself as an uninvited guest in the living room of a prospect who has the magical power to make you disappear instantly.

John O'Toole

PowerBestYourselfAdvertisingYou

I wanted to be Amish when I was a kid. You just wear black and white - what could be better? One less thing to worry about.

Anderson Cooper

Black And WhiteBlackBetterWorry

Every musician, their goal in life is to play music that people love, and I've accomplished my goal. I was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and left that chapter of my life and those people in the past. Good and bad, I've loved and am thankful for that chapter.

Steven Adler

LifeLoveGoodMusicThankfulPast

I noticed that when it came time to improvise, my students would often make mistakes.

Roscoe Mitchell

TimeMistakesStudentsWouldNoticed

To me, leadership has always been about doing what's right. Because when you've had to write your blood type on your boots, you aren't afraid to make the right calls.

Jason Kander

LeadershipMeDoingBootsYouBlood

Christianity is the fastest-growing religion in the world; Islam is the second. It's spreading in Asia, Africa, and South America. So the world is in a kind of religious revival, and the atheists are totally flummoxed. They thought they were winning, and now they see that they aren't.

Dinesh D'Souza

ReligionWinningWorldThoughtKind

I'm never concerned about my beliefs hurting me in any way. I'd rather lose a job than have to lie.

CM Punk

JobLieMeLoseWayNever

My teacher wanted me to do 'Hot Cross Buns,' but all I wanted to learn was 'Island in the Sun' by Weezer.

Clairo

TeacherSunMeLearnIslandHot

The problem is the following, black music is increasing encumbered by white elements, often pleasant but always superfluous, easily and advantageously replaced with black elements.

Boris Vian

MusicBlackProblemWhiteAlways

I've always been quite thrifty. I can't bear to spend hundreds of pounds on designer clothes. I shop in second-hand shops in Portobello Road and go to Sue Ryder.

Ashley Jensen

RoadClothesGoBearAlwaysBeen

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are.

Alice Walker

ChildrenMatureWillBecomeWrite

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