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Eliot Quotes: "George Eliot is my only steady girlfriend. We go to bed together every night."

George Eliot is my only steady girlfriend. We go to bed together every night.



Eliot Quotes: "We agreed that people are now afraid of the English language. He [T.S. Eliot] said it came of being bookish, but not reading books enough. One should read all styles thoroughly."

We agreed that people are now afraid of the English language. He [T.S. Eliot] said it came of being bookish, but not reading books enough. One should read all styles thoroughly.




Eliot Quotes: "Everybody has their own idea of what's a poet. Robert Frost, President Johnson, T.S.Eliot, Rudolf Valentino - they're all poets. I like to think of myself as the one who carries the light bulb."

Everybody has their own idea of what's a poet. Robert Frost, President Johnson, T.S.Eliot, Rudolf Valentino - they're all poets. I like to think of myself as the one who carries the light bulb.



Eliot Quotes: "When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats."

When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats.




Eliot Quotes: "I live a lonely photographic life here in Santa Fe. I do see Eliot Porter occasionally, and Ansel storms through every so often, otherwise I plug along in my old fashioned way."

I live a lonely photographic life here in Santa Fe. I do see Eliot Porter occasionally, and Ansel storms through every so often, otherwise I plug along in my old fashioned way.



Eliot Quotes: "I'm not a big Austen reader. I wouldn't say I dislike her, but if I had to choose between her and Eliot to bring to a desert island, it would definitely be Eliot."

I'm not a big Austen reader. I wouldn't say I dislike her, but if I had to choose between her and Eliot to bring to a desert island, it would definitely be Eliot.



Eliot Quotes: "Universities are filled with poets and novelists conducting demure and careful lives in imitation of Eliot and Forster and those others who (through what seems to be have been discretion) made it."

Universities are filled with poets and novelists conducting demure and careful lives in imitation of Eliot and Forster and those others who (through what seems to be have been discretion) made it.




Eliot Quotes: "I have but one life to give to adventure. " Alexander Eliot -" Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible."

I have but one life to give to adventure. " Alexander Eliot -" Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible.



Eliot Quotes: "My role models were childless: Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes."

My role models were childless: Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes.



Eliot Quotes: "One of the many things I said was that Eliot Spitzer had one set of rules for himself and one set for everyone else. I never would have imagined it could be so glaring."

One of the many things I said was that Eliot Spitzer had one set of rules for himself and one set for everyone else. I never would have imagined it could be so glaring.



Eliot Quotes: "Last year I was a judge for a prize in England, the T.S. Eliot Prize, so I read everything that was published in England last year."

Last year I was a judge for a prize in England, the T.S. Eliot Prize, so I read everything that was published in England last year.



Eliot Quotes: "Is T.S. Eliot the only poet one can think of who could have spent a year on his own in Paris at twenty-three—and managed to have no sexual encounter whatsoever?"

Is T.S. Eliot the only poet one can think of who could have spent a year on his own in Paris at twenty-three—and managed to have no sexual encounter whatsoever?




Eliot Quotes: "It is bizarre that some people can't understand how a serious poet could work at a finance firm. Goethe was a bureaucrat. Eliot worked as a banker."

It is bizarre that some people can't understand how a serious poet could work at a finance firm. Goethe was a bureaucrat. Eliot worked as a banker.



Eliot Quotes: "The great ages did not perhaps produce much more talent than ours,' [T.S.] Eliot wrote. 'But less talent was wasted."

The great ages did not perhaps produce much more talent than ours,' [T.S.] Eliot wrote. 'But less talent was wasted.



Eliot Quotes: "Both T.S. Eliot and I like to play, but I like to play euchre, while he likes to play Eucharist."

Both T.S. Eliot and I like to play, but I like to play euchre, while he likes to play Eucharist.



Eliot Quotes: "There's a good deal in Pound's and Eliot's poetry that stood up even though their politics were deplorable. Or Pound's very deplorable, Eliot's kind of deplorable."

There's a good deal in Pound's and Eliot's poetry that stood up even though their politics were deplorable. Or Pound's very deplorable, Eliot's kind of deplorable.



Eliot Quotes: "I had not read George Eliot, so read a few. I felt ashamed I hadn't read "Middlemarch" before."

I had not read George Eliot, so read a few. I felt ashamed I hadn't read "Middlemarch" before.



Eliot Quotes: "i will show you fear in a handful of dust." t.s. eliot we don't actually fear death, we fear that no one will notice our absence, that we will disappear without a trace."

i will show you fear in a handful of dust." t.s. eliot we don't actually fear death, we fear that no one will notice our absence, that we will disappear without a trace.



Eliot Quotes: "George Eliot has the heart of Sappho; but the face, with the long proboscis, the protruding teeth of the Apocalyptic horse, betrayed animality."

George Eliot has the heart of Sappho; but the face, with the long proboscis, the protruding teeth of the Apocalyptic horse, betrayed animality.



Eliot Quotes: "T.S. Eliot, who learned to swim at the same beach as I did, just threw in the towel and moved to Cheyne Walk. I'm not going to do that but I'm not scared of the open channel between me and Britain."

T.S. Eliot, who learned to swim at the same beach as I did, just threw in the towel and moved to Cheyne Walk. I'm not going to do that but I'm not scared of the open channel between me and Britain.



Eliot Quotes: "As I've gotten older I've become a devotee of 19th-century authors, such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot."

As I've gotten older I've become a devotee of 19th-century authors, such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot.



Eliot Quotes: "I wish always to be quoted as George Eliot."

I wish always to be quoted as George Eliot.



Eliot Quotes: "Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death."

Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death.



Eliot Quotes: "The days were longer then (for time, like money, is measured by our needs), when summer afternoons were spacious, and the clock ticked slowly in the winter evenings."

The days were longer then (for time, like money, is measured by our needs), when summer afternoons were spacious, and the clock ticked slowly in the winter evenings.



Eliot Quotes: "If Art does not enlarge men’s sympathies, it does nothing morally."

If Art does not enlarge men’s sympathies, it does nothing morally.



Eliot Quotes: "It would be narrowness to suppose that an artist can only care for the impressions of those who know the methods of his art as well as feel its effects. Art works for all whom it can touch."

It would be narrowness to suppose that an artist can only care for the impressions of those who know the methods of his art as well as feel its effects. Art works for all whom it can touch.



Eliot Quotes: "Immature poets imitate"

Immature poets imitate



Eliot Quotes: "Adventure is not outside man"

Adventure is not outside man




Eliot Quotes: "I think we are in rats’ alley"

I think we are in rats’ alley



Eliot Quotes: "Hesitate once, hesitate twice, hesitate a hundred times before employing political standards as a device for the analysis and appreciation of poetry."

Hesitate once, hesitate twice, hesitate a hundred times before employing political standards as a device for the analysis and appreciation of poetry.



Eliot Quotes: "I don't know much about gods, but I think the river is a strong, brown god"

I don't know much about gods, but I think the river is a strong, brown god




Eliot Quotes: "Becoming me was the greatest creative project of my life."

Becoming me was the greatest creative project of my life.



Eliot Quotes: "I am not imposed upon by fine words"

I am not imposed upon by fine words




Eliot Quotes: "There's no work so tirin' as danglin' about an' starin' an' not rightly knowin' what you're goin' to do next"

There's no work so tirin' as danglin' about an' starin' an' not rightly knowin' what you're goin' to do next