Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes

The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name.

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• One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • People
  • Past
  • Should

• When I went to university in Colorado, I was encouraged to write very innovative, experimental things, and some of the short stories in 'Bearded Ladies' are a little bit experimental.

  

  Kate Grenville
  • Things
  • Short
  • University

• We should revoke passports from any Americans or dual citizens who are fighting with ISIS.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Fighting
  • Should
  • Citizens

• I am paid to dive deeper into my own humanity and do that with other people in collaboration... so that, in and of itself, I just feel like is the greatest privilege in the world.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • People
  • World
  • Humanity

• The very name 'Manson' has become a metaphor for evil... He has come to represent the dark and malignant side of humanity, and for whatever reason, there is a side of human nature that is fascinated with ultimate evil.

  

  Vincent Bugliosi
  • Nature
  • Evil
  • Dark

• A realistic view of humanity will stop the proliferation of impossible injunctions.

  

  Abdolkarim Soroush
  • Stop
  • Humanity
  • Impossible

• I was gonna work in a university, but no one was hiring.

  

  Washed Out
  • Work
  • University
  • Hiring

• Or from Browning some 'Pomegranate,' which, if cut deep down the middle,shows a heart within blood-tinctured of a veined humanity.

  

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • Heart
  • Humanity
  • Deep

• I am utterly convinced that Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, that nations will eventually unite not to destroy but to edify, and that the future will belong to those who have done the most for the sake of suffering humanity.

  

  Louis Pasteur
  • Done
  • War
  • Future

• The great moral teachers of humanity were, in a way, artistic geniuses in the art of living.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Great
  • Humanity
  • Moral

• The movement for black lives isn't just about black people. Black liberation has never just been about black people. It's been about a fight for our humanity, for our dignity.

  

  Patrisse Cullors
  • People
  • Black
  • Humanity

• The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits of his intelligence, his capacity, his industry and skill are among the inalienable inheritances of humanity.

  

  Leland Stanford
  • Humanity

• If you can capture the humanity of a family struggling in an economic crisis you can make a difference. You can raise awareness just of the simple humanity.

  

  Emily Blunt
  • Family
  • Simple
  • Humanity

• Great conversations always spark in a genuine interest to recognize and know the other person's story and, therefore, recognizing and understanding and celebrating their humanity.

  

  Janet Mock
  • Great
  • Understanding
  • Humanity

• The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

  

  Pierre de Coubertin
  • Humanity
  • Celebration

• Humanity is actually under the control of dinosaur-like alien reptiles called the Babylon Brotherhood who must consume human blood to maintain their human appearance.

  

  David Icke
  • Control
  • Humanity
  • Alien

• Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of humanity.

  

  Fred Saberhagen
  • Humanity

• The clarification of equilibrium through plastic art is of great importance for humanity. It reveals that although human life in time is doomed to disequilibrium, notwithstanding this, it is based on equilibrium. It demonstrates that equilibrium can become more and more living in us.

  

  Piet Mondrian
  • Life
  • Time
  • Great

• For the continued survival of our planet and humanity, it is crucial that certain discoveries and skills and inventions made by people over the years be passed on from one human generation to the next, from one person, face-to-face, to another.

  

  Chris Raschka
  • People
  • Humanity
  • Survival

• You gotta have life your way. If you ain't losing your mind, you ain't partying right.

  

  Young Jeezy
  • Life
  • Mind
  • Losing

• I do have a priority in my house, and that is I want my kids to be healthy, and if I give them the right food, I am headed consistently toward that goal.

  

  Tamra Davis
  • Kids
  • House
  • Food

• Maybe I'm motivating him. My motivation is entirely coming from being a rookie and being hungry to be out there and be the guy and stuff. I think my game and my presence are motivating him quite a bit, and he's stepped his game up a lot because he looked good today.

  

  Cedric Benson
  • Game
  • Him
  • Presence

• If you give people an idea these days, they just think you are sharing it with them so they can critique it, play devil's advocate, and so on. It doesn't occur to them that they might help or get enthused or at least have the courtesy to get out of your way.

  

  Esme Raji Codell
  • Help
  • Idea
  • Advocate

• The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name.

  

  Terry Eagleton
  • Humanity
  • Should
  • Names