813 Quotes by T. S. Eliot

Hurry up, please, its time.

It has frequently been said that we never desire what we think absolutely inapprehensible: it is however true that some of our sharpest agonies are those in which the object of desire is regarded as both possible and imaginary.

Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.

Gin and drugs, dear lady, gin and drugs.

You must not on any account give me credit for being penetrating. I have impressed people that way before, and the result is always disaster.

The circle of our understanding is a very restricted area.

A national culture, if it is to flourish, should be a constellation of cultures, the constitutes of which, benefiting each other, benefit the whole.

If you start with a bang, you won't end with a whimper.