You can give me any of Shakespeare's plays and I'll tell you a parallel African folktale. — John Kani Copy Share Image
I'm in a whole different part of show business. I'm not even part of Shakespeare in Love. — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition, — Sharon Gless Copy Share Image
The Shakespeare that Shakespeare became is the name that's attached to these astonishing objects that he left behind. — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
The English public doesn't really like Shakespeare; it prefers football. — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
Shakespeare tells the same stories over and over in so many guises that it takes a long time before you notice. — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
I keep saying, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, you are as obscure as life is. — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Whether you're doing Shakespeare or Disney, good work is good work. — Jonathan Tucker Copy Share Image
Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under… — Samuel West Copy Share Image
I've worked in a few sort of 'institutional' theaters - the Royal Shakespeare, the National Theater in England - and they're hopelessly… — Tim Curry Copy Share Image
Shakespeare wrote great poetry and preposterous plays. Who really cares, for example, which petty tyrant rules Milan? Or who succeeds to the… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I've never been any good at… — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
The best decision I made at NYU was joining the Shakespeare ensemble. It literally led to everything I did after that. It… — Jesse L. Martin Copy Share Image
I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
In 1600, when Shakespeare's audience at the Globe heard 'Hamlet' for the first time, every one of them knew very well what… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
From what I understand about Shakespeare - which isn't a lot - there was no copyright law when he was writing. He… — Mike Posner Copy Share Image
He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul . .… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
“Life repeats Shakespearian themes more often than we think. Did Lady Macbeth, Richard III, and King Claudius exist only in the Middle… — Varlam Shalamov Copy Share Image
I grew up in a theater family. My father was a regional theater classical repertory producer. He created Shakespeare festivals. He produced… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
“Well, the thing that I suppose is closest to my heart is Shakespeare. I really am a nerd about Shakespeare, I love… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
The classic theology of my tradition comes from the French Renaissance. [William] Shakespeare was born in 1564, the year [John] Calvin died,… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“I miss her. God, I do. It’s beyond missing; it’s a kind of mourning. And not just for everything we had, but… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“I was not angry since I came to France Until this instant. Take a trumpet, herald; Ride thou unto the horsemen on… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
![“He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul . . . He was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.” quote by John Dryden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e3/john-dryden-491_books_he-shakespeare-was-the-man-who-of-all-mo_2865062.jpg)
![“Well, the thing that I suppose is closest to my heart is Shakespeare. I really am a nerd about Shakespeare, I love it [laughs] and the reason why is because he’s one of the wisest, most compassionate writers in the course of Western literature, in the course of all literature. And he understood…” quote by Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/104/tom-hiddleston-1633_books_well-the-thing-that-i-suppose-is-closest_177277.png)
![“The classic theology of my tradition comes from the French Renaissance. [William] Shakespeare was born in 1564, the year [John] Calvin died, and that theology was very influential in England in his lifetime. I think Shakespeare was attentive to questions raised by it, about human nature, history…” quote by Marilynne Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/marilynne-robinson-602_born_the-classic-theology-of-my-tradition-com_3125577.png)
