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Quotes About Hamlet

Hamlet himself knew just what to expect: Steady reduction of his body mass Until the day, his very coffin wrecked, Some clown picked up his skull and said, 'Alas.
~ Clive James
Most people don't know that I am an accomplished dramatic actor... But I've performed in several Shakespeare productions including Hamlet, except in this version, Hamlet lives in an apartment with two women, and has to pretend he's gay so that the landlord won't evict him.
~ John Ritter
Fine," I said, pulling into the very last slot in the parking lot. "See you then." " 'Tis devoutly to be wished," Brian said, and hung up. I sat there in astonishment for a moment; had my brother really just quoted Hamlet? Perhaps
~ Jeff Lindsay
Twins are under-represented in the media. Hamlet - never twins. Hamlet Twins Of Denmark. King And Queen Lear. It would work. Come on, more twins on television.
~ Steven Moffat
When I think of all the Hamlets I've seen, there's been a load of different styles, some marvellous. You like the Hamlet you saw when you were the right age to think you could be Hamlet.
~ Eileen Atkins
Hamlet is egotism as it appears to itself, and Don Quixote is egotism as it appears to the detached observer.
~ Hugh Kingsmill
The influence of William Shakespeare on the English language and literature can hardly be exaggerated. His life spanned A.D. 1564 to 1616 and he made a name for himself as a poet and playwright. Creating such memorable works as Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet, he has become the most-quoted author of the English-speaking world. Because of this, many of the words and phrases he used or coined are still in use today. His plays are still studied and performed.
~ Unknown
Usually, you see this play as a guy who can't make up his mind, but our version is more of a revenge thriller than a man who is pontificating what he should do next. I've never seen a 'Hamlet' this big, this exciting, with this many cast members; it's quite a spectacle.
~ David Denman
Will you take another cup of tea?" Cassandra asked. "I'll have a brandy," West retorted, "along with a wedge of currant pie, a plate of cheese, a bowl of potato and turnip mash, and a beefsteak." Cassandra smiled. "I'll ask the doctor if you may have some broth." "Broth?" he repeated indignantly. "Come along, Hamlet," Pandora said, "before West decides he wants bacon as well.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein are each obsessed with death. Hamlet's whole story is a philosophical preparation for death; Victor's is an intellectual refusal to accept it.
~ Kenneth Branagh
Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears.
~ William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death the memory be green.
~ William Shakespeare
Slipping in blood, by his own hand, through pride, Hamlet, Othello, Coriolanus fall. Upon his bed, however, Shakespeare die, Having endured them all.
~ Louise Bogan
Watching Hamlet embarrassing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern by showing them he knows they're liars and spies, Max was thinking, "Hamlet cares only about the truth, or only he cares about the truth, and it's so hard to find, too hard for anyone to find. Where is it?
~ Unknown
Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seatin this distracted globe. Remember thee?
~ William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Dying's a fearful popular activity these days so we often double 'em up.
~ Unknown
Alas, poor Yorick! he said. She heard mermaids, so it follows that there is something rotten in the state of Denmark. I have caught an everlasting cold, but luckily I am terribly dishonest. I cling to that.
~ Diana Wynne Jones
...What's more, I live in Berkeley, California. If princesses had infiltrated OUR little retro hippie hamlet, imagine what was going on places where women actually shaved their legs!
~ Peggy Orenstein
am dead: Thou livest; …draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story —Hamlet, Act V, scene ii
~ Maggie O'Farrell
I am dead: Thou livest; …draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story —Hamlet, Act V, scene ii
~ Maggie O'Farrell
Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off ... Do not for ever with thy vailed lids Seek for thy noble father in the dust.
~ William Shakespeare
O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else?And shall I couple Hell?
~ William Shakespeare, Hamlet
I would have thanked you for being ingenuous, even though, like Hamlet, you had spoke daggers.
~ Unknown
De súbito sintió el intenso flujo de energía que se desata cuando los instintos reprimidos son sancionados por una causa. Abajo Hamlet, arriba Antonio. «Sobre tus heridas yo profetizo».
~ Mary Renault