Quotes by Eliot As I've gotten older I've become a devotee of 19th-century authors, such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot. David Duchovny eliot dickens century I wish always to be quoted as George Eliot. George Eliot eliot names wish One of the many things I said was that Eliot Spitzer had one set of rules for himself and one set for everyone else. I never would have imagined it could be so glaring. John Faso eliot said I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more influenced by the poetry of the Mormons. Marguerite Young eliot joseph-smith I had not read George Eliot, so read a few. I felt ashamed I hadn't read "Middlemarch" before. Stephen Dobyns middlemarch eliot ashamed