Terry Eagleton Quotes

There is an insuperable problem about introducing immigrants to British values. There are no British values. Nor are there any Serbian or Peruvian values. No nation has a monopoly on fairness and decency, justice and humanity.

Terry Eagleton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

JusticeProblemHumanityValues

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.

Jessamyn West

ChangeFactsIgnoreWantFitEasier

The cinema saved me from being a delinquent. I could have been, but I didn't get caught up. I never was going to get arrested or anything.

John Singleton

MeCinemaNeverUpAnythingGoing

It's just like my dream to shoot things with no consequences.

Amanda Seyfried

ConsequencesDreamThingsShootJust

The fans are nuts. They are wild. They have the Patriots' back no matter what.

Rob Gronkowski

BackMatterWildNutsFansPatriots

I don't mind being distracted. I don't want to sit there in utter silence and type. If the phone rings, I usually answer it, speak for a few minutes and return to writing, or go for a walk in and out of the rooms. I don't mind a break.

Ruth Rendell

WalkSilenceMindWritingSpeakGo

While most Americans have access to the best oral health care in the world, low-income children suffer disproportionately from oral disease.

Mike Simpson

ChildrenHealthBestWorldCare

While everyone of all political stripes are admitting that the surge is working and dramatically reducing the level of bloodshed in Iraq, Obama managed to complain that the Iraqis aren't spending as much in rebuilding their own country as a result of the surge.

Mike Gallagher

PoliticalResultCountryStripesOwn

The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those objects the advocacy of which forms the chief feature of his political writings.

Millicent Fawcett

SuccessFailurePoliticalMeanChief

Any brand that attempts to live off a retro appeal is only going through a short second life cycle.

Christie Hefner

LifeLiveBrandShortRetroGoing

There's so many guys skiing so fast right now that you really have to be willing to take a lot of risks if you want to give yourself a chance to win. I'm prepared to do it; it's just a matter of if I can make it work.

Bode Miller

WorkYourselfRisksSkiingWinYou

Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism.

Annie Lennox

StarsTimeBusyCareerActivismPop

There is so much hurt in this game of searching for a mate, of testing, trying. And you realize suddenly that you forgot it was a game, and turn away in tears.

Sylvia Plath

TearsGameHurtTryingYouTurn

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