Quotes about Classics

Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.

These days, the practice of reading spiritual classics is on the wane. We have more leisure today than ever before in history, but many people claim to have no time for reading. A spiritual leader cannot use that excuse.

One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them.

I don't know if the '80s were unique, but we certainly got original, groundbreaking stuff at the time with movies like 'Back to the Future' and 'Star Wars' - movies that became classics.

I am speaking of University Education, which implies an extended range of reading, which has to deal with standard works of genius, or what are called the classics of a language: and I say, from the nature of the case, if Literature is to be made a study of human nature, you cannot have a Christian Literature. It is a contradiction in terms to attempt a sinless Literature of a sinful man.

'King Lear,' I've been seeing all my life. I mean, the great actors of my lifetime... to join their company, as it were, by playing a part that's challenged them, is one of the great joys of being an actor who does the classics.

When I played the classics, I did so with a determined sort of reverence.

Art is universal. When works of art become classics, it is because they transcend geographical boundaries, racial barriers and time.

I love 'The Godfather' and 'Casablanca' - great stories, acted well, made well.

Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?

St. Irenaeus (125—203), The Scandal of the Incarnation, and St. Athanasius (297—373), On the Incarnation, are two early classics that set a bar of good theology that we have since seldom matched or even understood. The mystery of incarnation is the unique trump card that Christianity adds to the deck of world religions.

One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them.