T. S. Eliot Quotes

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

T. S. Eliot

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965

Topics

NegativeNastyNarrow

We started playing music because of the Wu-Tang Clan.

John Gourley

MusicPlayingStartedBecauseClan

Serious writers pretend they don't care about film adaptations of their work, but it's a colossal lie: We all care.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

WorkLieCareSeriousPretendFilm

I don't think that the movie industry is any more ready than any other part of the information industries to adapt itself to the information age. But it's going to go there one way or the other.

John Perry Barlow

AgeThinkInformationReadyAdapt

I thought it would be my one and only exhibition, so I decided to call it My Major Retrospective.

Tracey Emin

ThoughtCallOnlyWouldExhibition

You can hear the Celtic heartbeat all over Europe and America, from Bing Crosby to Jack White, from the Smiths to My Bloody Valentine, from House of Pain to Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.

Rob Sheffield

PainAmericaYouHouseWhiteOver

There is scarcely anything to which I am so feelingly alive as the honour and welfare of my country, and, as a poet, I have no higher enjoyment than singing her sons and daughters.

Robert Burns

I AmSingingCountryAliveAnything

I like to do really good things. But 'good' - witness Charles Dickens - doesn't mean 'not popular.'

Roger Rees

GoodGood ThingsMeanThingsLike

I made an enjoyable living as a very young man, but I think as I became more comfortable and knowledgeable about myself and what I wanted, I moved into acting.

Miguel Ferrer

MyselfManThinkActingLivingMore

Congress does investigations better than they do anything else.

Mitch Landrieu

BetterCongressAnythingThanElse

I'm the guy who gets uncomfortable. That's why I was able to write 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up.' I believe in those guys.

Judd Apatow

BelieveUncomfortableWhyI Believe

Just taking risks for risk's sake, that doesn't do it for me. I'm willing to take risks that I think are worth it, and I've worked so hard to make sure that I survive.

Chris Hadfield

RisksMeSurviveThinkTaking Risks

I don't aspire to just play things that are like me. Whether the accent is Taiwanese or British or Canadian - that is the very craft in which I was trained. It is my absolute privilege and honor to do that.

Constance Wu

MeHonorPlayPrivilegeCraftJust

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