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Doing Shakespeare certainly makes you a better actor.
— James Avery
A Loud Laugh Bespeaks a Vacant Mind!
— William Shakespeare
A heavy heart bears not a nimble tongue.
— William Shakespeare
A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm
— William Shakespeare
I think Shakespeare got drunk after he finished King Lear. That he had a ball writing it.
— Louis Auchincloss
Every offense is not a hate at first.
— William Shakespeare
Kent. Who's there?
Fool. Marry, here's grace and a cod-piece; that's a wise man and a fool. — William Shakespeare
Fool. Marry, here's grace and a cod-piece; that's a wise man and a fool. — William Shakespeare
A beggar's book outworths a noble's blood.
— William Shakespeare
Who is't can read a woman?
— William Shakespeare
A substitute shines brightly as a king
Until a king be by, and then his state
Empties itself, as dot an inland brook
Into the main of waters. — William Shakespeare
Until a king be by, and then his state
Empties itself, as dot an inland brook
Into the main of waters. — William Shakespeare
As a walled town is more worthier than a village, so is the forehead of a married man more honorable than the bare brow of a bachelor.
— William Shakespeare
Opinion's but a fool, that makes us scan the outward habit by the inward man.
— William Shakespeare
What a pretty thing man is when he goes in his doublet and hose and leaves off his wit!
— William Shakespeare
They say best men are molded out of faults,
And, for the most, become much more the better
For being a little bad — William Shakespeare
And, for the most, become much more the better
For being a little bad — William Shakespeare
I bear a charmed life, which must not yield
To one of woman born. — William Shakespeare
To one of woman born. — William Shakespeare
When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.
— William Shakespeare
Why, what a wasp-stung and impatient fool
Art thou, to break into this woman's mood,
Tying thine ear to no tongue but thine own! — William Shakespeare
Art thou, to break into this woman's mood,
Tying thine ear to no tongue but thine own! — William Shakespeare
Swam ashore, man, like a duck; I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn.
— William Shakespeare
A Devil, a born Devil on whose nature, nurture can never stick, on whom my pain, humanly taken, all lost, quite lost ...
— William Shakespeare
April hath put a spirit of youth in everything. (Sonnet XCVIII)
— William Shakespeare
If by chance I talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father.
— William Shakespeare
Love like a shadow flies when substance love pursues
Pursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues. — William Shakespeare
Pursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues. — William Shakespeare
Marry, sir, she's the kitchen wench and all grease; and I know not what use to put her to but to make a lamp of her and run from her by her own light.
— William Shakespeare
It's an intuitive exercise to do a Shakespeare play and to go through a Shakespeare play.
— Mark Rylance
I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company.
— Courtney B. Vance
O for a horse with wings!
— William Shakespeare
It was always yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing, to make it too common.
— William Shakespeare
It's a pity that the rich have more freedom to hang or drown themselves than the rest of us Christians.
— William Shakespeare
At first I thought I would have to put on an English accent and try a sort of affected Shakespeare thing.
— Leonardo DiCaprio
My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel;
I know not where I am nor what I do. — William Shakespeare
I know not where I am nor what I do. — William Shakespeare
What a fool honesty is.
— William Shakespeare
Why, what's the matter, That you have such a February face, So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?
— William Shakespeare
A comedy isn't about being funny ... a comedy is about characters who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all.
— Gary D. Schmidt
Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor bare, forked animal as thou art.
— William Shakespeare
Exit, pursued by a bear.
— William Shakespeare
Poor, harmless paper, that might have gone to print a Shakespeare on, and was instead so clumsily defaced with nonsense.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Our holy lives must win a new world's crown.
— William Shakespeare
Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he writes.
— Condola Rashad
Methinks a father Is at the nuptial of his son a guest That best becomes the table.
— William Shakespeare
Today in this household's obsession with researching pointless questions, I can confirm that Shakespeare cannot, in fact, ever have had a banana.
— Debra Ferreday
Do not cast away an honest man for a villain's accusation.
— William Shakespeare
I thought my heart had been wounded with the claws of a lion.
— William Shakespeare
Love is a spirit all compact of fire.
— William Shakespeare
Come, night, come, Romeo, come, thou day in night; For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night. Whiter than new snow upon a raven's back.
— William Shakespeare
Conscience is a blushing, shamefaced spirit than mutinies in a man's bosom; it fills one full of obstacles.
— William Shakespeare
This sleep is sound indeed; this is a sleep
That from this golden rigol hath divorc'd
So many English kings. — William Shakespeare
That from this golden rigol hath divorc'd
So many English kings. — William Shakespeare
I do not remember a time since I have been capable of loving books that I have not loved Shakespeare.
— Helen Keller
His life was gentle; and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN! — William Shakespeare
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN! — William Shakespeare
You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings
and soar with them above a common bound. — William Shakespeare
and soar with them above a common bound. — William Shakespeare
The Thane of Cawdor lives,
A prosperous gentleman; and to be King
Stands not within the prospect of belief,
No more than to be Cawdor. — William Shakespeare
A prosperous gentleman; and to be King
Stands not within the prospect of belief,
No more than to be Cawdor. — William Shakespeare
What's to come is still unsure: In delay there lies no plenty; Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty, Youth's a stuff will not endure.
— William Shakespeare
Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but, being in, bear t that th' opposed may beware of thee.
— William Shakespeare
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.
— William Shakespeare
Cupid is a knavish lad,
Thus to make poor mortals mad! — William Shakespeare
Thus to make poor mortals mad! — William Shakespeare
That England, that was wont to conquer others,
Hath made a shameful conquest of itself. — William Shakespeare
Hath made a shameful conquest of itself. — William Shakespeare
Alack, the night comes on, and the bleak winds
Do sorely ruffle; for many miles about
There's scarce a bush. — William Shakespeare
Do sorely ruffle; for many miles about
There's scarce a bush. — William Shakespeare
Sir, he's a good dog, and a fair dog.
— William Shakespeare
And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe.
And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot;
And thereby hangs a tale. — William Shakespeare
And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot;
And thereby hangs a tale. — William Shakespeare
The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion.
— William Shakespeare
Very few of us relate to what it's like to be a hero. But everyone understands what it's like to fail.
— Kathleen Tessaro
A woman is a dish for the gods, if the devil dress her not.
— William Shakespeare
To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes,
Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis shown;
But where there is true friendship, there needs none. — William Shakespeare
Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis shown;
But where there is true friendship, there needs none. — William Shakespeare
He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is stabbing.
— William Shakespeare
Thou dost conspire against thy friend, Iago,
If thou but think'st him wronged, and mak'st his ear
A stranger to thy thoughts. — William Shakespeare
If thou but think'st him wronged, and mak'st his ear
A stranger to thy thoughts. — William Shakespeare
There lives within the very flame of love A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it.
— William Shakespeare
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
— William Shakespeare
Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week? Or sell eternity to get a toy? For one grape who will the vine destroy?
— William Shakespeare
Yes! I'm also a big fan of the movie '10 Things I Hate About You,' which was also based on Shakespeare.
— Amanda Bynes
My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirr'd; And I myself see not the bottom of it.
— William Shakespeare
God didn't create us with such a huge power of thought and a divine capacity for reason in order for us not to use them,
— Hamlet Shakespeare
A thousand kisses buys my heart from me;
And pay them at thy leisure, one by one. — William Shakespeare
And pay them at thy leisure, one by one. — William Shakespeare
I prefer a good pair of boots to Shakespeare.
— Leo Tolstoy
Oh, I have passed a miserable night, so full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams!
— William Shakespeare
Lysimachus: Did you go to 't so young? Were you a gamester at five or at seven?
Marina: Earlier too, sir, if now I be one. — William Shakespeare
Marina: Earlier too, sir, if now I be one. — William Shakespeare
Or I am mad, or else this is a dream.
— William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage ... and you better have a zoning variance or it's coming down.
— William Shakespeare
Shall I compare you to a summer's day?
You are more lovely and milder,
Rough winds shake the sweet buds of May,
A summer is way to short. — William Shakespeare
You are more lovely and milder,
Rough winds shake the sweet buds of May,
A summer is way to short. — William Shakespeare
This forced league doth force a further strife.
— William Shakespeare
Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
— William Shakespeare
Contention, like a horse,
Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose,
And bears down all before him. — William Shakespeare
Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose,
And bears down all before him. — William Shakespeare
I'm crazy about Shakespeare, who was a notorious word inventor. And my wife is an English teacher, and she's hilarious.
— Rob Delaney
Their lips were four red roses on a stalk.
— William Shakespeare
The hate I bear thee can afford no better term then this: thou art a villian.
— William Shakespeare
An two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind.
— William Shakespeare
Some there be that shadows kiss / Such have but a shadow's bliss
— William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's 'Othello' was inspired by Cinthio's 'A Moorish Captain'; his 'Hamlet' came from Saxo Grammaticus's 'Amleth.'
— Malorie Blackman
The moon, like to a silver bow new bent in heaven.
— William Shakespeare
He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf.
— William Shakespeare
There's an old saying that applies to me: you can't lose a game if you don't play the game. (Act 1, scene 4)
— William Shakespeare
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults, looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year!
— William Shakespeare
But I will be,
A bridegroom in my death, and run into't
As to a lover's bed. — William Shakespeare
A bridegroom in my death, and run into't
As to a lover's bed. — William Shakespeare
When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner
— William Shakespeare