Hamlet Quotes

155 quotes by 126 authors

But what if Shakespeareâ€• and Hamletâ€• were asking the wrong question? What if the real question is not whether to be, but how to be? — Gayle Forman
As Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, had said in Shakespeare's immortal words, 'I must be cruel only to be kind. — Pranab Mukherjee
It is difficult to put into words what I suffered-the longing that seemed to be tearing my heart out by the roots, the dreadful sense… — Hector Berlioz
I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive… — Alfred North Whitehead
Many audiences all over the world will answer positively from their own experience that they have seen the face of the invisible through an experience… — Peter Brook
I get all my ideas in Switzerland near the Forka Pass. There is a little town called Gletch, and two thousand feet up above Gletch… — Dr. Seuss
For Hamlet, greatness means willingness to fight for reasons as thin as an eggshell: anyone would fight for things that matter; true heroes take their… — Peter Thiel
I find it easier to believe in God than to believe Hamlet was deduced from the molecular structure of a mutton chop. — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Sibling relationships are complicated. All family relationships are. Look at Hamlet. — Maurice Saatchi
I ask myself more questions than Hamlet as I ponder which shoes to wear — Eva Gabor
Right at this moment, I only want silence. I believe that the end of life is silence in the love people have for you. I've… — Vincent Price
There have been more books alone written about Hamlet than have been written about the Bible. — Mark Rylance
In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being… — Confucius
Bush has not read enough books to have a developed moral sense. The fewer books you read, the easier it is to become fundamental. In… — Sherman Alexie
Shakespeare without Othello, Lear, Macbeth and Hamlet would be all too much like Hamlet without the prince. — Brand Blanshard
Men choose Hamlet because every man sees himself as a disinherited monarch. Women choose Alice [in Wonderland] because every woman sees herself as the only… — Adam Gopnik
Much of Hamlet is about the precise kind of slippage the mourner experiences: the difference between being and seeming, the uncertainty about how the inner… — Meghan O'Rourke
The madness of the eyes is the lure of the abyss. Sirens lurk in the dark depths of the pupils as they lurk at the… — Jean Lorrain
A brilliant treatment of the history of Purgatory in England and its survivals and echoes throughout Shakespeare's plays, above all Hamlet. — Carol Zaleski
A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take A Midsummer Night's Dream over… — Stephen King

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