Shakespeare Quotes

770 Shakespeare quotes by 554 unique authors

I think its sad that movies and television have caused the theatre to fade as a popular art form. I hope to get young people… — Kelly McGillis
In high school I was a nerd and very academic. On the weekends, instead of going out and partying, I’d close myself in my room… — Troian Bellisario
I want to be known as 'The Big Shakespeare.' It was Shakespeare that said, 'Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness… — Shaquille O'Neal
It’s literally true, as Shakespeare said--all the world’s a stage. It wasn’t that way when I first got into the movies in 1924, but it… — Gary Cooper
You have to work with what you are given, even in Shakespeare. we have our form and it is important that we free ourselves through… — Ajay Naidu
Shakespeare said, nothing is either good nor bad but thinking makes it so — Dyan Cannon
Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if… — Samuel West
Shakespeare said that art is a mirror held up to nature. And that’s what it is. The nature is your nature, and all of these… — Joseph Campbell
Having spent so much of my life with Shakespeare’s world, passions and ideas in my head and in my mouth, he feels like a friend—someone… — Patrick Stewart
But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John… — Patrick Stewart
She is never alone when she has Her Books. Books, to her, are Friends. Give her Shakespeare or Jane Austen, Meredith or Hardy, and she… — E. M. Delafield
I feel more Irish than English. I feel freer than British, more visceral, with a love of language. Shot through with fire in some way.… — Kenneth Branagh
There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually… — Kenneth Branagh
I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain. — Jackson Browne
Playing Shakespeare is really tiring. You never get to sit down, unless you're the king. — Unknown Author
As an actress and comedienne, I'm a huge fan of he theatre and the Tricycle in Kilburn is my favourite in London. I dragged my… — Arabella Weir
Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them. — Zoe Wanamaker
Reading the very best writers—let us say Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Tolstoy—is not going to make us better citizens. Art is perfectly useless, according to the… — Harold Bloom
Socrates, in Plato, formulates ideas of order: the Iliad, like Shakespeare, knows that a violent disorder is a great order. — Harold Bloom
An extraordinary and controversial interpretation of Shakespeare's origins, which certainly provokes much thought. A radical analysis of Shakespeare's text, leading to a conclusion which is… — Steven Berkoff
If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it's not odd to believe that part of the play can take place on… — Bill Russell
I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might… — Harold Bloom
In fact, it is Shakespeare who gives us the map of the mind. It is Shakespeare who invents Freudian Psychology. Freud finds ways of translating… — Harold Bloom
Shakespeare wrote great poetry and preposterous plays. Who really cares, for example, which petty tyrant rules Milan? Or who succeeds to the throne of Denmark?… — Edward Abbey
I think William Shakespeare was the wisest human being I ever heard of. To be perfectly frank, though, that's not saying much. We are impossibly… — Kurt Vonnegut

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