Shakespeare Quotes

770 quotes by 565 authors

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education. — Tallulah Bankhead
I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity… — James M. Barrie
Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in. — Brendan Behan
I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that… — Orlando Bloom
One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality. — Kenneth Branagh
If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth. — Joyce Brothers
The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate! — Robert Browning
We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long… — James Buchan
In my mind's eye, Shakespeare is a huge, hot sea-beast, with fire in his veins and ice on his claws and inscrutable eyes, who looks… — A. S. Byatt
I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms of the English… — Nicolas Cage
As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his… — Leonard Cohen
I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for the rest of… — Karen Allen
The average player would rather play than watch. Those who don't play can't possibly appreciate the subtleties of the game. Trying to get their attention… — Bob Toski
'Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up.' English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!' — Sarah Palin
All religions are inconsistent with mental freedom. Shakespeare is my bible, Burns my hymn-book. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Along with William Shakespeare and Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin is Britain's greatest gift to the world. He was our greatest thinker. — Richard Dawkins
What needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones,- The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under… — John Milton
Shakespeare, I come ! — Theodore Dreiser
Dostoyevsky wrote of the unconscious as if it were conscious; that is in reality the reason why his characters seem 'pathological', while they are only… — Edwin Muir
If Shakespeare was alive today, he'd be writing wrestling shows. — Chris Jericho

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