Famous quotes by Playwrights

Playwrights"Theatre is a form of understanding; it ought to and can likewise be a way of changing culture." This is among the numerous motivating quotes by prominent playwright August Wilson, who is known for his jobs that discover the African-American experience. Wilson's plays have been performed on Broadway and also worldwide, and his words have ended up being a resource of motivation for numerous. Via his works, Wilson has actually revealed us the power of theater to produce social change as well as to produce a far better world. His words remind us of the significance of theatre in our lives and also the potential it has to make a distinction.
Small: Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity but strong and deep ones have two high tides
David Hare
"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides"
David Hare, Playwright
Small: Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
"Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked"
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright
Small: Wont you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
"Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you"
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright
Small: If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts
W. Somerset Maugham
"If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby
W. Somerset Maugham
"We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned
W. Somerset Maugham
"The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul
W. Somerset Maugham
"Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: It wasnt until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say I dont know.
W. Somerset Maugham
"It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know.""
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: It is not true that suffering ennobles the character happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most
W. Somerset Maugham
"It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: But we are not in the world to be good but to change it
Edward Bond
"But we are not in the world to be good but to change it"
Edward Bond, Playwright
Small: He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons
Carlo Goldoni
"He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons"
Carlo Goldoni, Playwright
Small: The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes
W. Somerset Maugham
"The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick
"Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick"
Samuel Beckett, Playwright
Small: The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
"The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed"
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright
Small: Thats how it is on this bitch of an earth
"That's how it is on this bitch of an earth"
Samuel Beckett, Playwright
Small: I cant go on. Ill go on
"I can't go on. I'll go on"
Samuel Beckett, Playwright
Small: I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me
Terence
"I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me"
Terence, Playwright
Small: He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices
Carlo Goldoni
"He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices"
Carlo Goldoni, Playwright
Small: There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
"There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy"
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright
Small: Their silence is praise enough
Terence
"Their silence is praise enough"
Terence, Playwright
Small: Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind
Aeschylus
"Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind"
Aeschylus, Playwright
Small: I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe
"I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe"
Laurence Housman, Playwright
Small: I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old
"I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old"
Laurence Housman, Playwright
Small: But heres the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as a
Beth Henley
"But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as a playwright, you maintain your copyright"
Beth Henley, Playwright
Small: Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull
W. Somerset Maugham
"Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species
W. Somerset Maugham
"Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action
W. Somerset Maugham
"There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: Impropriety is the soul of wit
W. Somerset Maugham
"Impropriety is the soul of wit"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation
W. Somerset Maugham
"I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: Words are the physicians of a mind diseased
Aeschylus
"Words are the physicians of a mind diseased"
Aeschylus, Playwright
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