Shakespeare Mistaken Identity Quotes & Sayings

if a person of authority talks only to those who agree with him he soon finds himself out of authority.

Luke — Walter Jon Williams

Everyone wants a prodigy to fail; it makes our mediocrity more bearable. — Harold Bloom

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation. — William Hazlitt

The composer Stravinsky had written a new piece with a difficult violin passage. After it had been in rehearsal for several weeks, the solo violinist came to Stravinsky and said he was sorry, he had tried his best, the passage was too difficult, no violinist could play it. Stravinsky said, 'I understand that. What I am after is the sound of someone trying to play it.' — Thomas Powers

You're always looking at last year, or 10 years ago, or your school days, or your teenage years, your formative years. Because that's exactly what they are, they're your formative years. — Paul McCartney

Thus Angels' Bread is made The Bread of man today: The Living Bread from Heaven With figures doth away: O wondrous gift indeed! The poor and lowly may Upon their Lord and Master feed. — Thomas Aquinas

Of what earthly use were novels? How did they help anybody? — Damon Galgut

To succeed in chaining the multitude, you must seem to wear the same fetters. — Voltaire

I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had. — Travis Tritt

Explaining one's recent loss as more of a continuous journey rather than a dead end, giving one of the invaluable opportunity to gain strength and learn about oneself, and thereby turning this terribly tragic affair into something hugely positive. — Cecelia Ahern

Life is a lesson that must never be taken for granted. — Debra Roinestad

I've realized that the only thing I'm interested in is the performance. If the performance is right, then I'm happy. You offer up the dialogue and then the performance comes around. — Steven Knight

Sometimes, the f***ing you get just ain't worth the f***ing you get. — Anne Cheney

One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention. — Anne Wojcicki