What's wrong with a bit of nostalgia between friends? I think nostalgia sometimes gets too much of a bad press. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes bad bite friend
Real men study law and engineering, while ideas and values are for sissies. The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name. Terry Eagleton constitutecoreengineer Change image and share on social
In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they don't cost much to be housed. Terry Eagleton academicbusinesscost share on social
We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing, individual autonomy and ironic self-doubt; culture means a form of life that is customary, collective, passionate, spontaneous, unreflective and irrational. Terry Eagleton autonomycivilisationcollective share on social
I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path. Dwayne Johnson bitechallengepath Change image and share on social
We exist in this weirdly schizo culture, where sex is everywhere in the media, and yet, at the same time, you don't sit down and have a conversation about what you did in bed last night with your friends. Despite the ubiquity of sex, it's still a taboo when it comes to day-to-day conversation. Mary Roach bedconversationculture share on social
I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones. Jonathan Tropper 80sactionbad Change image and share on social