Keyword: Shakespeare

Shakespeare: A man whose writings are so excellent it’s believed someone else must have written them.

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

(1895 – 1985) British author & classical scholar

If you had a million Shakespeares, could they write like a monkey?


Something’s rotten in the state of Denver.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Playing Shakespeare is very tiring; you never get to sit down unless you're a king.

(1884 – 1957) American actress

The best tribute a French translator can pay Shakespeare is not to translate him.

(1872 – 1956) English essayist, parodist & caricaturist

If you write the word "monkey" a million times, do you start to think you're
 Shakespeare?


If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.

(1928 – ) American psychologist & advice columnist

Shakespeare is so tiring; you never get a chance to sit down unless you’re a king.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist