Frank Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

Shakespeare would seem to have been a person for whom the human voice/personality in all its splendid idiosyncrasy was absolutely enthralling.

— Joyce Carol Oates

We are apt to consider Shakespeare only as a poet; but he was certainly one of the greatest moral philosophers that ever lived.

— Mary Wortley Montagu

Shakespeare was very political, but he was also a fabulous entertainer. That's where his genius comes in as a playwright.

— Adrian Dunbar

We can say of Shakespeare, that never has a man turned so little knowledge to such great account.

— T. S. Eliot

Shakespeare is a great psychologist, and whatever can be known of the heart of man may be found in his plays.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.

— Maimonides

Shakespeare was a smart dude. He was the president of Rome.

— Adam DeVine

I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.

— Rita Dove

Wise is the man who contents himself with the spectacle of the world.

— Ricardo Reis

I think that Shakespeare is a s***. Absolute s***! He may have been a genius for his time, but I just can't relate to…

— Gene Simmons

We tend to think of Hamlet as one of the wisest, most intellectually prodigious characters in all of literature. Which he is, but there's…

— Norah Vincent

Wise is the man who does not disdain any character and instead, examining him with a searching look, plumbs him to the very main-springs…

— Nikolai Gogol