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Famous quotes by Dramatists

DramatistsFrom ancient playwrights to contemporary theater makers, dramatists distill the tensions, hopes, and contradictions of human life into words meant for the stage. Their reflections reveal how dialogue shapes character, conflict fuels meaning, and silence speaks as loudly as speech. Their words offer insights on craft, creativity, society, and the fragile bonds between audience and performer. Whether you seek artistic guidance, historical perspective, or a spark of empathy, let these voices accompany your own, inviting you to look again at what moves us.
"Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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"Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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"To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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"Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
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"Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
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"When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
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"The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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"Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain"
Friedrich Schiller, Dramatist
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"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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"Ambition is the last refuge of the failure"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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"The golden age is before us, not behind us"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
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"Hell is empty and all the devils are here"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
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"Its not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
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"When we speak the word "life," it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact, but to that fragile, fluctuating center which forms never reach"
Antonin Artaud, Dramatist
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"There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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"A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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"Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
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"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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"People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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"All great truths begin as blasphemies"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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"Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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"There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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"Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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"Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
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"There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
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"Women are made to be loved, not understood"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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"A light heart lives long"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
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