Lady Macbeth Influence Quotes

My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,
Shakes so my single state of man
That function is smothered in surmise,
And nothing is but what is not. ~ William Shakespeare

And nothing is, but what is not. ~ William Shakespeare

I've always wanted to play 'Lady Macbeth' and Strindberg's 'Miss Julie'. ~ Olivia D'Abo

Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other side ~ William Shakespeare

She came leaping towards me, like Lady Macbeth coming to get first-hand news from the guest-room. ~ P.G. Wodehouse

I think an awful lot of the reasons people put forward for not liking Hillary Clinton play into deep-seated, negative female stereotypes: ambition, secrecy, calculating. I mean, that is Lady Macbeth, a kind of cold woman. I don't think that's Hillary. And I don't think people would judge a man in the same way. ~ Anne-Marie Slaughter

How now! Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
Lady Macbeth ~ William Shakespeare

Maybe because I'm a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth. ~ Anna Netrebko

My hands are of your colour; but I shame
To wear a heart so white. ~ William Shakespeare

To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be. ~ Max Beerbohm

The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. ~ William Shakespeare

But wherefore could not I pronounce 'Amen'? I had most need of blessing, and 'Amen' Stuck in my throat. ~ William Shakespeare

My wide eyes make me look much younger without make-up, and although it's fun to have a line in innocence corrupted, I doubt I'll get to play the vampy vixen or a Hedda Gabler or Lady Macbeth. ~ Talulah Riley

Macbeth: We'll surely go to hell for this.
Lady Macbeth: And when we do, we'll rule that too. ~ William Shakespeare

Life repeats Shakespearian themes more often than we think. Did Lady Macbeth, Richard III, and King Claudius exist only in the Middle Ages? Shylock wanted to cut a pound of flesh from the body of the merchant of Venice. Is that a fairy tale? ~ Varlam Shalamov

If you're a woman doing classic theater, the big roles are often destroyers. I've played Hedda Gabler, Lady Macbeth, some of the Chekhovian heroines, Electra, Phaedra - they're all powerful women, but they're forces of negativity. ~ Eve Best

A great performance like Lady Macbeth may be forgotten. Writing endures. ~ Susan Strasberg

The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures. Lady Macbeth ~ William Shakespeare

Who can be wise, amazed, temp'rate, and furious,
Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man. ~ William Shakespeare

I'd make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something. ~ Bette Midler

I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people. ~ William Shakespeare

If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me. ~ William Shakespeare

Nought's had, all's spent, where our desire is got without content. ~ William Shakespeare

I'm the world's lightest sleeper. On a bad day, I can make Lady Macbeth look like a raging narcoleptic. ~ Jodi Taylor

My war brought me many things; let yours bring you as much. Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like, it will not tell itself. No one will be much or little except in someone else's mind, so be careful of the minds you get into, and remember Lady Macbeth, who had her mind in her hand. We can't all be as safe as that. ~ Djuna Barnes

Everybody needs a career manager."- Lady Macbeth ~ Robert Lynn Asprin

My mother had not acted for ten years. Not since a reviewer wrote that her portrayal of Lady Macbeth put him in mind of an exasperated society hostess burdened with unmannerly guests who had lost the new tennis balls, left the bathrooms in a mess, and finished the gin. ~ Victoria Clayton

Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead are but as pictures: 'tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil ~ William Shakespeare

I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen. ~ Olivia Colman

Out! out! damned spot ..All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweaten this little hand ~ Lady Macbeth

We fail?
But screw your courage to the sticking place
And we'll not fail. (Lady Macbeth) ~ William Shapespeare

Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? - Lady Macbeth ~ William Shakespeare

Macbeth:
If we should fail?
Lady Macbeth:
We fail?
But screw your courage to the sticking place,
And we'll not fail. ~ William Shakespeare

The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else. ~ Barry McGuire

It is said that the skill of the Dwarves is in their hands rather than in their tongues,' she said; 'yet that is not true of Gimli. For none have ever made to me a request so bold and yet so courteous. And how shall I refuse, since I commanded him to speak? But tell me, what would you do with such a gift?'
'Treasure it, Lady,' he answered, 'in memory of your words to me at our first meeting. And if ever I return to the smithies of my home, it shall be set in imperishable crystal to be an heirloom of my house, and a pledge of good will between the Mountain and the Wood until the end of days. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

If you want to positively influence others, begin by influencing how they experience you. ~ Sylvia Baffour

To live a sinless life is good, but if you live in a cave and positively influence nobody, you may not have harmed anyone, but since you added no value to life, are you really worthy? ~ Jarod Kintz

Psychoanalysis is often about turning our ghosts into ancestors, even for patients who have not lost loved ones to death. We are often haunted by important relationships from the past that influence us unconsciously in the present. As we work them through, they go from haunting us to becoming simply part of our history. (243) ~ Norman Doidge

In front of the restaurant, on the side walk, just like in the movie, someone outlined a heart when the cement was wet and there are two sets of dog paws. To the left of the restaurant is a sign for the Chapeau shop that features a hat box exactly like the one that little Lady was in at the beginning of the film. Details like these enhance the overall experience for sharp-eyed guests. ~ Jim Korkis

There are countless stories to be told, lady, and even if your story isn't so fantastic it will live for eternity, that doesn't mean it shouldn't be told ~ Kristen Ashley

I am passionate about God, about Jesus, and what His influences do to me. ~ TobyMac

Democratic capitalism: A cooperative enterprise to earn enough money to buy enough Congressional influence to gain control over the government's guns so as to get even more money for your special-interest group.Social democratic capitalism: A cooperative enterprise to promise sufficient government benefits to enough voters to gain control over the government's guns so as to keep any other special-interest group from getting as much power as yours. ~ Gary North

A little stress and adventure is good for you, if nothing else, just to prove you are alive. ~ Lady Bird Johnson

Everything around me was changing so fast - my apartment block, the local shops, the alleys, the roads, the subway lines. Beijing was moving forwards like an express train, but my life was going nowhere. Okay, so I was getting lots of work, but it was all the same. Woman Waiting on the Platform, Lady in Waiting, Bored Waitress. I was only in my twenties, but I felt seventy. I had to do something, ask my brain to start working, so I could match this fast-moving city. ~ Xiaolu Guo