103 Quotes About Hamlet

Shakespeare’s woes and concerns are all human and can be easily perceived by any reader regardless of religious, ethnic, or educationalbackgrounds. To him, human vices are not only odious but pathetic as well. Hypocrisy irks him tremendously, and he is sharply aware of itsstings when he says: “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another” (Hamlet 3.1.).

Sorry," [Hamlet] said, rubbing his temples. "I don't know what came over me. All of a sudden I had this overwhelming desire to talk for a very long time without actually doing anything.

From Hamlet. That’s what he reminded me of.” “Oh,” he said. “Not sure I can see him as a sparrow. Too . . . delicate.” “So what sort of bird would he be?” “Dunno. The sort that smacked into a window trying to have a go at its own reflection.

They are near the bottom of the food chain - a meal for fish and birds - while humans eat from the top of the food chain, consuming an astonishing array of what lies on the planet. But eventually, even we become food for the worms. Shakespeare saw this connection, writing in Hamlet, "A man may fish with a worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of a fish that hath fed of that worm.

Scholars don't have blood flowing in their veins," said Hamlet. "When they're wounded, they bleed logic, and when all of it is gone, their brains die, and they become ... soldiers.

What a big question… To be or not to be? Of course it is better to be. Hmm. It sounds like a big question, but maybe it’s actually stupid.

Well said, old mole!

There are more things in heaven and earth,'" said Gwyn, "'than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'"Kit snorted. DIana looked flabbergasted. "Are you quoting Shakespeare?" she said. "I would have thought at least it would have been A Midsummer Night's Dream.""Faeries can't stand A Midsummer Night's Dream," muttered Kieran. "Gets everything wrong.

I once witnessed a rather unfortunate production of Shakespeare's Hamlet - the lead actor didn't know his existential angst from his iambic pentameter and, alas, poor Yorick was a bemused bystander.