Direct Quote by Albert Camus

Shakespeare would never have gone far in today's politically correct world.

— John Sununu

I would trust Shakespeare, but I would not trust a committee of Shakespeares.

— William Bateson

“Later, when a political break with Britain seemed unavoidable, Franklin was distressed by its possible cultural repercussions for him and his countrymen. Would they…

— Lawrence James

What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet?

— Brendan Fraser

When you're working class and you feel like you're a bit of a toerag, you think Shakespeare's not for you, you know?

— Lenny Henry

I feel I understand now why, whenever there are revolutions, Shakespeare is what people turn to. Because whenever a society is on the cusp,…

— Neil MacGregor

Shakespeare without Othello, Lear, Macbeth and Hamlet would be all too much like Hamlet without the prince.

— Brand Blanshard

“If Shakespeare had never existed, he asked, would the world have differed much from what it is today?”

— Virginia Woolf

I had a feeling about Shakespeare's soliloquies, that there should be a real exchange between the actor and the audience.

— Trevor Nunn

If Shakespeare required a word and had not met it in civilized discourse, he unhesitatingly made it up.

— Amy Koppelman

Shakespeare is universal.

— Harold Bloom

I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.

— Christopher Isherwood