Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes

Men and women do not easily submit to a power that does not weave itself into the texture of their daily existence - one reason why culture remains so politically vital. Civilisation cannot get on with culture, and it cannot get on without it.

Terry Eagleton

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• For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

  

  Quentin Crisp
  • You
  • Never
  • Sex

• We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.

  

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
  • People
  • Development
  • Islamic

• RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • Believe
  • Society
  • Change

• If you're lucky, I think you know what you want to do with your life. I think that's a greater gift that any of the gifts you might have when you do know, if you know what I mean. It must be awful to not know what to do.

  

  Maggie Smith
  • Life
  • Want
  • Gift

• Polka dots are fabulous.

  

  Yayoi Kusama
  • Fabulous
  • Dots

• No matter how rich you are, you can't get healthy air.

  

  Ma Jun
  • Air
  • Matter
  • Rich

• There's a call to adventure. It's something in the inner psyche of humanity, particularly males.

  

  Gary Gygax
  • Humanity
  • Adventure
  • Call

• You could make a case that women addicted men to their sexuality and then withdrew their sexuality until we provided them with a source of income.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Women
  • You

• I don't feel particularly comfortable about actors using whatever power they may have to push their beliefs, unless they're extremely well informed.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • May
  • Power
  • Beliefs

• The various segments of the system of profound knowledge proposed here cannot be separated. They interact with each other. Thus, knowledge of psychology is incomplete without knowledge of variation.

  

  W. Edwards Deming
  • Knowledge
  • Profound
  • Psychology

• Therein lay the secret to all fads: the herd instinct. People wanted to look like everybody else. That was why they bought white bucks and pedal pushers and bikinis. But someone had to be the first one to wear platform shoes, to bob their hair, and that took the opposite of herd instinct.

  

  Connie Willis
  • People
  • Why
  • Hair

• Nobody is completely perfect.

  

  Jim Rash
  • Perfect

• I loved my time growing up in Northern Ireland doing youth drama, that is where it all began for me.

  

  James Nesbitt
  • Up
  • Time
  • Growing

• It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it is not fought on U.S. soil.

  

  Chester W. Nimitz
  • War
  • Enemy

• I learn so much from watching films like that with commentary and then when you get to hear another filmmaker talk about their films it's a really great experience.

  

  Jay Roach
  • Great
  • Experience

• It takes me, like, half an hour to write the lyrics for a song. They just come out.

  

  Sia LSD
  • Song
  • Lyrics

• With real estate, it's location, location, location. In public speaking, it's acoustics, acoustics, acoustics.

  

  Christopher Buckley
  • Real

• Find an issue that's important to you, and be as curious and close to it as possible.

  

  DeRay Mckesson
  • Important

• Anita Sarkeesian: For me, the big picture has always been culture change, and pop culture was just a vehicle and a medium through which cultural change can happen or it can be influenced by; so it’s not actually about video games. But it’s about video games, right?

  

  Anita Sarkeesian
  • Culture
  • Picture

• Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.

  

  Gail Simmons
  • Me
  • Cooking
  • Patience

• There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.

  

  Banksy
  • Art
  • Know
  • Trust

• As for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer's ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions - into something original that alters or deepens my understanding of both literature and life.

  

  Dinaw Mengestu
  • Life
  • World
  • Understanding

• I think I would co-direct because I love actors and I've got a very good eye. I'm not a second-guesser. I don't think that I would be very happy, getting inundated by financial issues. I would love to co-direct with somebody because that would be a real freedom and an adventure, and then I could leave all the pain and misery to them. I'm not glib about it. I would take the responsibility to make a really good movie.

  

  Lance Henriksen
  • Happy
  • Freedom
  • Responsibility

• Men and women do not easily submit to a power that does not weave itself into the texture of their daily existence - one reason why culture remains so politically vital. Civilisation cannot get on with culture, and it cannot get on without it.

  

  Terry Eagleton
  • Culture
  • Reason
  • Existence