Shakespeare Quotes · Page 11

Shakespeare said, "Kill all the lawyers." There were no agents then.

— Robin Williams

“For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause”

— William Shakespeare

We can say of Shakespeare, that never has a man turned so little knowledge to such great account.

— T. S. Eliot

To me, Shakespeare uses the supernatural elements to reveal his character's inner desires and fears.

— John Foster

Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us.

— John Irving

I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.

— Kanye West

“They didn't understand, for we were Shakespeare, and they were mere actors in the play.”

— Cassandra Giovanni

“My inner bitch could handle this peon without even breaking a sweat.”

— Kathy Bryson

Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the…

— Condola Rashad

I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for…

— Karen Allen

If Shakespeare thought comedy worthwhile, that means the rest of us can take a break from tragedy now and then without betraying…

— Mark Helprin

One of the wonderful things about Shakespeare is that he trusted an audience to move quickly with him. One moment tragedy, the…

— Mariette Hartley

I have always been an impassioned advocate for the works of Shakespeare. I regard him as one of the most complete miracles…

— Stephen Fry

I haven't read Ibsen, Shaw, Shakespeare - except 'The Merchant of Venice' in ninth grade. I'm not familiar with 'Death of a…

— August Wilson

I strive for what you do find in Shakespeare's work - that there is a definite humanity and a definite character behind…

— Rufus Wainwright

“What's wrong with Shakespeare?" I{Jerry} inquired in interest. " Twisting himself up to say things in such a difficult way that you…

— Agatha Christie

African-Americans are always forced to learn the other culture, but the other culture is not forced to learn ours. I went to…

— Tracie Thoms

In the work of the greatest geniuses, humble beginnings will reveal themselves somewhere, but one cannot trace the slightest sign of them…

— Charlie Chaplin

“Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign, one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance;…

— William Shakespeare

By the year 2070 we cannot say, or it would be imbecile to do so, that any man alive could understand Shakespearean…

— C.P. Snow

“The great chandeliers hang silent. The tables in the vast dining room overlooking the lake are spread with white cloth and silver…

— James Salter

“This is the book, then, and the book of Shakespeare. And every day you must read a page of each to your…

— Betty Smith

“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes…

— Samuel Johnson

The media love coarse debate because coarse debate drives ratings and ratings generate profits. Unless the TV producer happens to be William…

— John Sununu

Shakespeare's work is like a good song: you never really forget the main lines.

— Michelle Dockery

As I get older I find myself thinking it all begins with Shakespeare.

— Ron Rash

Learning (Shakespeare's plays) ...in school was a bit of a bore.

— Al Pacino

“The ability for anyone in our generation to self-amuse has sadly been bred out of our species.”

— Kim Askew

[Thou] mad mustachio purple-hued maltworms! William Shakespeare, Henry IV: Part 1

— William Shakespear

Nothing that Shakespeare ever invented was to equal Lincoln's invention of himself and, in the process, us.

— Gore Vidal

“I have ridden out all the storms,” said Shakespeare, “even the ones I wrote myself. Here, look, it begins…”

— Jeanette Winterson

I did Shakespeare in college and the nerves I got doing Shakespeare are the same nerves I get doing 'Mad Men.'

— Kristoffer Polaha

Who knows if Shakespeare might not have thought less if he had read more?

— Edward Young

I fell in love with Shakespeare when I was 12, and I read the whole works. Yes, I was precocious.

— Claire Tomalin

Christopher Knowles, Buechner, Heiner Mueller, Burroughs, Chekhov, Shakespeare - it's all one body of work.

— Robert Wilson

The magic word 'Shakespeare' always freezes you in your chair.

— Howard Jacobson

Shakespeare is all big themes, like the most amazing love, or the most scary war.

— Anna Torv

On the streets, unrequited love and death go together almost as often as in Shakespeare.

— Scott Turow

“There are times, aren't there, when Shakespeare is a little dull.”

— Graham Greene

After Homer and Dante, is a whole century of creating worth one Shakespeare?

— Dejan Stojanovic