Shakespeare Quotes

770 Shakespeare quotes by 554 unique authors

Comedy keeps the heart sweet; but we all know that there is wholesome refreshment for both mind and heart in an occasional climb among the… — Mark Twain
It would be a wonderful experience to stand there in those enchanted surroundings and hear Shakespeare and Milton and Bunyan read from their noble works.… — Unknown Author
In a thousand words I can have the Lord's Prayer, the 23rd Psalm, the Hippocratic Oath, a sonnet by Shakespeare, the Preamble to the Constitution,… — Roy H. Williams
My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. ... (when asked who wrote 'Some Enchanted Evening') Rodgers and Hammerstein, if you can imagine… — Cole Porter
It's a myth that older writers can't write for younger audiences. Shakespeare wasn't 15 when he wrote Romeo and Juliet. — Unknown Author
I'd like to do more Shakespeare. I'd like to do Iago in Othello. I look so benign. It would be interesting to see that black… — Kyle MacLachlan
If you put Buddha, Jesus Christ, Socrates, Shakespeare, Arjuna, Krishna at a dinner table together, I can't see them having an argument. — Hugh Jackman
I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines. — Daniel Craig
I don't know how this company got the name National Shakespeare Company, because it was literally like retards employing retards. — Rob Corddry
I trained in Shakespeare, and that's all comedy, even when it's tragedy. — Olivia Thirlby
My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing. — Maggie Smith
The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I… — Vanessa Redgrave
Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings — Vanessa Redgrave
I don't really drink, and I've never been to a rave. I used to cut school to read Shakespeare, not to make out in the… — Jessica Chastain
In college, I started out doing musicals and Shakespeare — Ray Liotta
If Shakespeare was around today I would ask him out to dinner. The only thing I don't like about him is the way he did… — Michelle Dockery
We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers. More college graduates ought to become plumbers or… — Andy Rooney
I believe it was Shakespeare who said, 'All the world's a stage, and you are CRAP!' — Colin Mochrie
The only line that's wrong in Shakespeare is 'holding a mirror up to nature.' You hold a magnifying glass up to nature. As an actor… — Montgomery Clift
I went to a performing arts high school, we learned Shakespeare, I did 'Fences.' When you train, you can do anything. — Marlon Wayans
I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition, — Sharon Gless
Im always keeping an eye out for a period piece. I was trained in theatre, so most of the things we did were classical -… — Dagmara Dominczyk
Yes, it's true, I've been called the Laurence Olivier of spoofs. I guess that would make Laurence Olivier the Leslie Nielsen of Shakespeare. — Leslie Nielsen
I really like Shakespeare a lot. The characters that he writes for females, I think, are really great and a lot more compelling than what… — Julia Stiles
I felt a little green, because Shakespeare writes the thought process within the text; it was tricky not to think of what to say and… — Neil Patrick Harris

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