Quotes by Dramatist | Beyond Motive 17/74

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Quotes by Dramatist

"One thing I can tell you is this, that I am not a methodical writer."

"One thing I can tell you is this, that I am not a methodical writer."

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Dramatist

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"It is matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason."

"It is matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

Reason, Suicide

15

"All good art is an indiscretion."

"All good art is an indiscretion."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

Art, Indiscretion

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"The quality of mercy is not strained;It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath. It is twice blessed;It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomesThe throned monarch better than his crown; * * * * *It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;It is an attribute to God himself."

"The quality of mercy is not strained;It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath. It is twice blessed;It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomesThe throned monarch better than his crown; * * * * *It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;It is an attribute to God himself."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Mercy, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Life

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"Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy and say 'Father, as it please me."

"Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy and say 'Father, as it please me."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Duty, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Today

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"Honor is like a match, you can only use it once."

"Honor is like a match, you can only use it once."

Marcel Pagnol, French Dramatist

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"Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious."

"Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

14

"But neither milk-white rose nor red May bloom in prison air;The shard, the pebble, and the flint, Are what they give us there:For flowers have been known to heal A common man's despair."

"But neither milk-white rose nor red May bloom in prison air;The shard, the pebble, and the flint, Are what they give us there:For flowers have been known to heal A common man's despair."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Tragedy, Despair, Hope, Prison, Nature

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"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

14

"I also found being called Sir rather silly."

"I also found being called Sir rather silly."

Harold Pinter, English Dramatist

14

"Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount."

"Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

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"Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal."

"Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Philosophy, Appearance, Words, Revelation, Perception

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"Words may be false and full of art; Sighs are the natural language of the heart."

"Words may be false and full of art; Sighs are the natural language of the heart."

Thomas Shadwell, English Dramatist

Art, Heart, Language, May

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"Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous."

"Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Satire, Weather, Irony, Speech, Fear

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"People endure what they endure and they deal with it. It may corrupt them. It may lead them into all sorts of compensatory excesses."

"People endure what they endure and they deal with it. It may corrupt them. It may lead them into all sorts of compensatory excesses."

Dennis Potter, British Dramatist

14

"Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins."

"Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins."

Jules Renard, French Dramatist

14

"For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel:Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him!This was the most unkindest cut of all."

"For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel:Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him!This was the most unkindest cut of all."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Betrayal, Truth, Regret, Power

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"I think with every writer there are two people there."

"I think with every writer there are two people there."

Hugh Leonard, Irish Dramatist

14

"What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides."

"What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides."

Brendan Behan, Irish Dramatist

Men, Difference, Hell, Right

14

"Religion, you can't a handle on it, you just have to know or not know-people either believe or they don't believe."

"Religion, you can't a handle on it, you just have to know or not know-people either believe or they don't believe."

Dennis Potter, British Dramatist

14

"I have been aware, from the age of 6, that I had talent."

"I have been aware, from the age of 6, that I had talent."

Dennis Potter, British Dramatist

14

"More of your conversation would infect my brain."

"More of your conversation would infect my brain."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Communication, Conversation, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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"Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there."

"Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

Home, Censorship, Charity, End

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"But thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool;And time, that takes survey of all the world,Must have a stop. O, I could prophesy,But that the earthy and cold hand of deathLies on my tongue."

"But thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool;And time, that takes survey of all the world,Must have a stop. O, I could prophesy,But that the earthy and cold hand of deathLies on my tongue."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Mortality, Regret, Truth, Wisdom, Life

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"Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation."

"Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

Life, Salvation, Struggle

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"Repudiating the virtues of your world, criminals hopelessly agree to organize a forbidden universe. They agree to live in it. The air there is nauseating: they can breathe it."

"Repudiating the virtues of your world, criminals hopelessly agree to organize a forbidden universe. They agree to live in it. The air there is nauseating: they can breathe it."

Jean Genet, French Dramatist

Forbidden, Universe, World

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"The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them."

"The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them."

Jean Genet, French Dramatist

Success, Fame, Heroes

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"Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your bones."

"Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your bones."

Antonin Artaud, French Dramatist

Culture, Fatigue

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"Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished."

"Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished."

Wilson Mizner, American Dramatist

14

"We must wash literature off ourselves. We want to be men above all, to be human."

"We must wash literature off ourselves. We want to be men above all, to be human."

Antonin Artaud, French Dramatist

Men, Literature, Want

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"When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent."

"When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent."

Samuel Foote, English Dramatist

14

"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."

"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Love, Trust, Wrong

14

"A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory."

"A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

Victory, Danger, Glory

14

"All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long."

"All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long."

Wilson Mizner, American Dramatist

Anger, Scripture

14

"Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, And thou art wedded to calamity."

"Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, And thou art wedded to calamity."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Suffering, Affliction, Calamity, Truth, Life

14

"What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?"

"What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?"

Christopher Marlowe, English Dramatist

Day, Kings, Shadows

14

"Will it, and set to work briskly."

"Will it, and set to work briskly."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

14

"Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it."

"Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it."

Jules Renard, French Dramatist

Action, Waiting, Want

14

"As a piece of literacy criticism, Freud's best writing is about Dostoyevsky. It's a kind of displaced literacy criticism."

"As a piece of literacy criticism, Freud's best writing is about Dostoyevsky. It's a kind of displaced literacy criticism."

Dennis Potter, British Dramatist

Criticism, Writing

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"My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father."

"My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father."

Hugh Leonard, Irish Dramatist

Family, Mother, Father

14

"The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life."

"The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life."

Richard Steele, British Dramatist

Life, Affection, Heaven, Hell

14

"It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions."

"It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions."

John Ciardi, English Dramatist

Men, Courage, Praise

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"Neither a borrower nor a lender be."

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Prudence, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

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"We have not the time to take our time."

"We have not the time to take our time."

Eugene Ionesco, French Dramatist

14

"You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,Knew you not Pompey?"

"You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,Knew you not Pompey?"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Anger, Regret, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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"Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays."

"Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

Dream, Deep, Lies, Meaning

14

"Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see."

"Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see."

William Wycherley, English Dramatist

Men, Books, Friends, Judgment

14

"I can't talk, or I will throw up!"

"I can't talk, or I will throw up!"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Struggle, Regret, Truth, Today, Power

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"Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen."

"Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen."

John Ciardi, English Dramatist

Intelligence, Genius, Will

14

"Electronics is clearly the winner of the day."

"Electronics is clearly the winner of the day."

John Ford, English Dramatist

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