Lear Quotes

44 quotes by 38 authors

The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear. — Sarah Bernhardt
It's difficult for most people to imagine the creative process in tennis. Seemingly it's just an athletic matter of hitting the ball consistently well within… — Virginia Wade
I do not see how it is possible for an intelligent human being to conclude that the Song of Solomon is the work of God,… — Robert Green Ingersoll
I've played Lear three times, I would love to do it again. — David Ogden Stiers
I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of… — David Wenham
In the United States...politics is purged of all menace, all sinister quality, all genuine significance, and stuffed with such gorgeous humors, such inordinate farce that… — H. L. Mencken
We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that he deserved to… — Andrew Coyle Bradley
Complaining about boring football is a little like complaining about the sad ending of King Lear: it misses the point somehow. — Nick Hornby
I think Shakespeare got drunk after he finished King Lear. That he had a ball writing it. — Louis Auchincloss
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
Counterfeit Kings is the King Lear of space operas. Science fiction has a fresh, new, no-nonsense voice and his name is Adam Connell. — Steven-Elliot Altman
Grant me an old man's frenzy, Myself must I remake Till I am Timon and Lear Or that William Blake Who beat upon the wall… — William Butler Yeats
Heaven blazing into the head: Tragedy wrought to its uttermost. Though Hamlet rambles and Lear rages And all the drop-scenes drop at once Upon a… — William Butler Yeats
King Lear is undoubtedly the greatest play ever written by Shakespeare â€” or anybody else for that matter. Hamlet is certainly great, but it doesn't… — Paul Scofield
Directing Skyfall was one of the best experiences of my professional life, but I have theatre and other commitments, including productions of Charlie And The… — Sam Mendes
The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do. — Peter O'Toole
When I turned 18, was the first time that I really started concentrating on politics. And I started doing so because I realized that in… — Hayden Panettiere
Any idiot would know women's needs are simple. All we want is your basic millionaire brain surgeon criminal lawyer great dancer who pilots his own… — Linda Sunshine
Shakespeare wrote all there is that we need to know about dementia in 'King Lear. — Simon Callow

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