Comic Quote by Samuel Johnson

I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.

— Christopher Isherwood

Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless.

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

Labor produces marvels for the rich but it produces deprivation for the worker. It produces palaces, but hovels for the worker. It produces beauty,…

— Karl Marx

With Shakespeare, because you invest so much time in working on material, it always sort of stays with you to some degree.

— Christian Cooke

“Quite possibly one of the most revealing passages about Shakespeare as a man comes from one of the roughest of the jottings made by…

— Ian Wilson

Laziness begat wearisomeness, and this put men in quest of diversions, play and company, on which however it is a constant attendant; he who…

— Jean de la Bruyere

When you're working class and you feel like you're a bit of a toerag, you think Shakespeare's not for you, you know?

— Lenny Henry

“The thing about Shakespeare is you can only read his books if someone is making you.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

There is no substitute for work; what seems ease of performance comes from the greatest labor.

— Pablo Casals

If you decide to do Hamlet in a funny hat staged in a ruined factory, it doesn't make you Shakespeare.

— William Monahan

Labor is man's greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, without working.

— Orville Dewey

If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you.

— Jack L. Chalker