Desire Quote by Anonymous

“We probably read Shakespeare in the first place for his stories, afterwards for his characters. . . . To become intimate with Shakespeare in…

— Charlotte Mason

What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.

— Martin Freeman

Shakespeare has great ability to skirt around a subject and portray human nature.

— Kelli O'Hara

In the plays of Shakespeare man appears as he is, made up of a crowd of passions which contend for the mastery over him,…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

What's this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?

— Al Pacino

But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution. His thoughts and beauties are so spread…

— Jane Austen

You could argue we are a different audience today,but on the other hand what is it that makes Shakespeare great? It is that he…

— Sam Wanamaker

We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or to master, so as to confirm ourselves…

— Thomas Szasz

“The desire to lift, the willingness to help, and the graciousness to give come from a heart filled with love. The poet wrote, ‘Love…

— Thomas S. Monson

“The natural impulse of men is to follow, he thought, and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate the rest.”

— Robert Harris

We become lovers when we see Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet makes us students. The blood of Duncan is upon our hands, with Timon…

— Oscar Wilde

I can only be instinctive in my reaction to Shakespeare.

— David Farr