Terry Eagleton Quotes

Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: 'The poem's sardonic tone is curiously at odds with its plodding syntax.'

Terry Eagleton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LiteratureSayOddsToneThings

At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only.

John Buchanan Robinson

GoldFinancialPresentPaperBecause

We didn't have money to put out everything we wanted to put out.

Jello Biafra

MoneyEverythingOutWantedPut

The sky is the source of light in nature - and governs everything.

John Constable

NatureLightSkyEverythingSource

When you're standing in line at the airport, and your shoes are off, your belt is off, and your personal belongings are being closely scrutinized, and you're standing with your hands in the air, waiting to be patted down, do you feel protected? I don't. I feel like I'm the enemy.

John McAfee

ShoesWaitingFeelHandsYouDown

Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored.

Angela Duckworth

WhyNeverBoredNoveltyExperts

I believe that politics takes a much different set of skills than science. Science is about getting to the truth. Politics is about what people think and how they react.

Stanley B. Prusiner

TruthSciencePoliticsPeopleThink

Just because you have a blog doesn't mean that you should, like, lie for no reason.

Sky Ferreira

LieYouJust BecauseMeanReason

Football is oneness in action. When played well, it is unity on display. Players come from different races and different backgrounds. However, when they get on the field, they harmonize their differences toward a common goal.

Tony Evans

FootballUnityActionGoalWellGet

I started a big part of my career in Vegas.

Louie Anderson

VegasCareerBigStartedPart

Washburn built me the guitar that changed my life.

Dimebag Darrell

LifeMeGuitarMy LifeChanged

My wife Lorrie actually looked in the dictionary to see what the definition was of heroism because it had been used so much. She found at least one definition is someone who chooses to put themselves at risk to save another.

Chesley Sullenberger

WifeSomeoneRiskHeroismSheSee

Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints.

Bobby McFerrin

BirthdayTimeMyselfPresentLiving

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