"Can anything be more disgusting than to hear……" — George Eliot

"Can anything be more disgusting than to hear people called 'educated' making small jokes about eating ham, and showing themselves empty of any real knowledge as to the relation of their own social and religious life to the history of the people they think themselves witty in insulting? [...] The best thing that can be said of it is, that it is a sign of the intellectual narrowness—in plain English, the stupidity which is still the average mark of our culture."

— George Eliot

Any Quotes Anything Quotes Average Quotes Best Quotes Best Thing Quotes Called Quotes Called Educated Quotes Culture Quotes Disgusting Quotes Eating Quotes Eating Ham Quotes Educated Quotes Empty Quotes English Quotes Ham Quotes Hear Quotes Hear People Quotes History Quotes Insulting Quotes Intellectual Quotes Jokes Quotes Knowledge Quotes Life Quotes Making Quotes Making Small Quotes Mark Quotes More Quotes Narrowness Quotes Our Culture Quotes Own Quotes People Quotes People Called Quotes Plain Quotes Plain English Quotes Real Quotes Real Knowledge Quotes Relation Quotes Religious Quotes Religious Life Quotes Said Quotes Showing Quotes Sign Quotes Small Quotes Social Quotes Stills Quotes Stupid Quotes Stupidity Quotes Their Own Quotes They Think Quotes Thing Quotes Think Quotes Thinking Quotes Witty Quotes

580 Quotes by George Eliot

George Eliot has 580 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 580 quotes by George Eliot »

More Any Quotes

This quote is filed under Any Quotes, one of 35,317 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going… — Alexis Arguello
I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because… — Aristotle
I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house… — Billie Joe Armstrong
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were… — Karen Armstrong
Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines… — Karen Armstrong
It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees. — Lance Armstrong
I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running… — Neil Armstrong
I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new… — Darren Aronofsky
So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the… — Antonin Artaud
People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A… — Mary Kay Ash

See all 35,317 Any Quotes »