Hamlet Quotes

155 quotes by 126 authors

Who of English speech, bred to the traditions of his race, does not recognize Hamlet in his 'inky cloak' at a glance? Not to know… — George Edward Woodberry
Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Lord Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Lord Polonius:… — William Shakespeare
Be patient, Ophelia. Love, Hamlet — Kurt Vonnegut
Do you see yonder cloud thatâ€™s almost in shape of a camel? Polonius: By the mass, and â€˜tis like a camel, indeed. Hamlet: Methinks it… — William Shakespeare
No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Sorry," [Hamlet] said, rubbing his temples. "I don't know what came over me. All of a sudden I had this overwhelming desire to talk for… — Jasper Fforde
If religious books are not widely circulated among the masses in this country, I do not know what is going to become of us as… — Daniel Webster
It was one of those cases where you approve the broad, general principle of an idea but can't help being in a bit of a… — P.G. Wodehouse
To each our own Hamlet. — Jasper Fforde
There's something rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet says...it's payback time! — Jasper Fforde
Where is Polonius? HAMLET In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But… — William Shakespeare
Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh or… — Oscar Wilde
What Hamlet suffers from is a lack of zombies. Let us say Rosencrantz and Guildenstern show upâ€”Ho-HO! Now youâ€™ve got something that stirs the, um,… — Libba Bray
We need more bodies, 'cause it's not looking enough like the last scene in Hamlet already. --Chopper Jim Chopin — Dana Stabenow
he looked to her like an absurd twentieth-century Hamlet, an indecisive figure so mesmerized by onrushing tragedy that he was helpless to divert its course… — Stephen King
Cannot you tell that? Every fool can tell that. It was the very day that young Hamlet was born, he that is mad and sent… — William Shakespeare
I don't expect Christians to see God as a metaphor, but that's what he is. Perhaps it might be clearer to call him a character… — Philip Pullman
And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Behind the cotton wool is hidden a pattern; that weâ€”I mean all human beingsâ€”are connected with this; that the whole world is a work of… — Virginia Woolf
Who is more real? Homer or Ulysses? Shakespeare or Hamlet? Burroughs or Tarzan? — Robert A. Heinlein

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