Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Quote by T S Eliot

Topics: T S Eliot Quotes

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so...

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so...

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

In my beginning is my end.

In my beginning is my end.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can...

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can...

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who...

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who...

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the...

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the...

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who...

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who...