Northrop Frye Quotes

Culture's essential service to a religion is to destroy intellectual idolatry, the recurrent tendency in religion to replace the object of its worship with its present understanding and forms of approach to that object.

Northrop Frye

Quotes to Explore

I have changed so much as an actor over the years.

Vincent D'Onofrio
- Years
- Actor
- Over
If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.

Taylor Wilson
There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. There's a message there.

Gary Ackerman
- People
- Flying
- Saying
Darling, when you're as old as I am, you cherish the very few musicals that have come your way that you know are great classics. You become their guardian.

Cameron Mackintosh
I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.

Olga Kurylenko
- Friend
- Fire
- Forest
I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.

Damian Lewis