we’ve examined polls published around the world, combined these with feedback from website users, and added our own take on Shakespeare’s words, and can now offer what we believe to be the 50 most famous Shakespeare quotes of all time (in no particular order!)....
Famous Shakespeare Quotes FamousShakespeareQuotes Tobe,ornottobe:thatisthequestion.(Hamlet)Alltheworld‘sastage,andallthemenandwomenmerelyplayers.Theyhavetheirexitsandtheirentrances;Andonemaninhistimeplaysmanyparts.(AsYouLikeit)Romeo,Romeo!whereforeartthouRomeo?(...
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." - William Shakespeare,Julius Caesar "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all." - Emily Dickinson,Poems by Emily Dickinson ...
aShakespeare is famous for his plays and poems.His plays are about many kinds of things.Some,like Julius Caesar,are about history.Others ,like Romoeo and Juliet,are about love and romance.The plays are very interesting,and the writing is beautiful.Sometimes it's hard to understand them.Engli...
Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning. —William Goldman,"The Princess Bride" >>More William Goldman Quotations... A piece of work that will make sick men whole. —William Shakespeare,"Julius Caesar" ...
by William Shakespeare Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene 2, The “Friends Romans Countrymen” speech is a great example of a good speech. From the start the first three words fit into the rule of three a technique not fully identified for a few hundred years. This was perhaps my first experience...
Shakespeare Mother Teresa Pablo Picasso What do they have in common? They are the most quoted people in the world. I’ve read more than 150,000 quotes since 2004. I’ve spent 1000+ hours curating the best ones. And I’ve seen those names. ...
The book became a literary bestseller and vaulted Stein from the relative obscurity of the cult-literature scene into the limelight of mainstream attention. Two quotes from her works have become widely known: "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose," and "there is no there there", with the...
2 This derives from a statement by William Shakespeare in the play Julius Caesar where Caesar declares: Knickerbocker's History of New York http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13042 (1809) 0 “We feel that we are surrounded by the congregated bones of the great men of past times, who have...
Shakespeare What some of the most brilliant orators and the most memorable writers have always understood is that while a bounty is sometimes necessary, an economy of words can often be a much more effective use of language. A few of the best, such asWilliam ShakespeareandOscar Wilde, are kno...