#spear

One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#characters #courage #darker #elements #face

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#i #mark #mark twain #reading #shakespeare

Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better; unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse. Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf. ↗

— Robert Cecil

#evil #faith #good #laughs #leaf

As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his subject matter and also I really admired the way he put his personal life on the line. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#also #could #his #i #life

We never thought it would be something everyone would listen to. We never thought people who listen to Britney Spears would run to listen to it. It was intended for people on the fanatical side of production and hi-fi. ↗

— Wayne Coyne

#britney spears #everyone #fanatical #hi-fi #intended

Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent. ↗

— Anita Diament

#acting #alternative #beautiful #history #i

If Shakespeare was around today I would ask him out to dinner. The only thing I don't like about him is the way he did his hair. ↗

— Michelle Dockery

#around #ask #did #dinner #hair

Shakespeare's work is like a good song: you never really forget the main lines. ↗

— Michelle Dockery

#good #good song #like #lines #main

What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet? ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#had #hamlet #juliet #romeo #romeo and juliet

Every person has one particular time in his life when he is more beautiful than he is ever going to be again. For some it is at seven, for others at seventeen or seventy, and as Laura Fleischman read out loud from Shakespeare, I remember thinking that for her it was probably just then. ↗

— Frederick Buechner

#seven #seventeen #seventy #shakespeare #beauty