"A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.“


-T. S. Eliot

posted in good


A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree."

-T. S. Eliot

christmasView Quote
"The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first."

-T. S. Eliot

workView Quote
"Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"

-T. S. Eliot

wisdomView Quote
"It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves."

-T. S. Eliot

timeView Quote
"Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent it from changing too rapidly."

-T. S. Eliot

timeView Quote
"A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good."

-T. S. Eliot

timeView Quote

More Quotes About good

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good."

-Jude Law

goodView Quote
"God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God."

-Ramakrishna

goodView Quote
"My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true."

-Lenny Kravitz

goodView Quote
"Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good."

-Ovid

goodView Quote
"Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline."

-William Hague

goodView Quote
"It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core."

-Phyllis Diller

goodView Quote