Darling Quote by Tallulah Bankhead

“There have only been two geniuses in the world — Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare.”

— Tallulah Bankhead

Mel Brooks is one of the few authentic geniuses working in comedy in America today.

— Gene Wilder

“She knows that soon she will have escaped into the world of the people better than us, the great objective world better than Shakespeare…

— Christina Stead

Things you think you're saying for the first time ever, have been said better before by Shakespeare, though they may need saying again.

— Ken Kesey

By the year 2070 we cannot say, or it would be imbecile to do so, that any man alive could understand Shakespearean experience better…

— C.P. Snow

I hate Shakespeare. I think Shakespeare's rubbish.

— Anonymous

Shakespeare, who never could think up a plot by himself, found this one [Macbeth] in Holinshed's Chronicles, changing it just enough so that no…

— Richard Armour

T. Ray said 'Who do you think you are? Julias Shakespeare?' The man sincerely thought that was Shakespeare's first name, and if you think…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“If you cannot understand my argument, and declare "It's Greek to me", you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against…

— Bernard Levin

Shakespeare's always been sitting on my back, since I began reading. And, certainly, as a writer, he's who I hear all the time. And…

— Howard Jacobson

There are those who think that Zeffirelli's Hamlet is the way to treat Shakespeare. I think that cinema can handle much more. We somehow…

— Peter Greenaway

He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me…

— Warren Spahn

Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with…

— Ernie Harwell

If you want to know who was better, me or Willie Mays, you have to look at our career stats. And Willie's bottom line…

— Mickey Mantle

“A Clinton staffer tells me his theory. Think about Frank Sinatra, he says: born to sing. Think about Willie Mays: born to play ball.…

— George Saunders