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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
Lady Macbeth quotes by Talulah Riley
Macbeth:
If we should fail?
Lady Macbeth:
We fail?
But screw your courage to the sticking place,
And we'll not fail. ~ William Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Shakespeare
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
Lady Macbeth quotes by Victoria Clayton
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
Lady Macbeth quotes by Olivia Colman
We fail?
But screw your courage to the sticking place
And we'll not fail. (Lady Macbeth) ~ William Shapespeare
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Shapespeare
I'd make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something. ~ Bette Midler
Lady Macbeth quotes by Bette Midler
If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me. ~ William Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Shakespeare
The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures. Lady Macbeth ~ William Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth quotes by 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
Lady Macbeth quotes by Anna Netrebko
But wherefore could not I pronounce 'Amen'? I had most need of blessing, and 'Amen' Stuck in my throat. ~ William Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Shakespeare
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
Lady Macbeth quotes by 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
Lady Macbeth quotes by Varlam Shalamov
She came leaping towards me, like Lady Macbeth coming to get first-hand news from the guest-room. ~ P.G. Wodehouse
Lady Macbeth quotes by P.G. Wodehouse
I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people. ~ William Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Shakespeare
Out! out! damned spot ..All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweaten this little hand ~ Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth quotes by Lady Macbeth
Macbeth: We'll surely go to hell for this.
Lady Macbeth: And when we do, we'll rule that too. ~ William Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Shakespeare
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
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Shakespeare
A great performance like Lady Macbeth may be forgotten. Writing endures. ~ Susan Strasberg
Lady Macbeth quotes by Susan Strasberg
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
Lady Macbeth quotes by Max Beerbohm
My hands are of your colour; but I shame
To wear a heart so white. ~ William Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Shakespeare
Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? - Lady Macbeth ~ William Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth quotes by 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
Lady Macbeth quotes by Jodi Taylor
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
Lady Macbeth quotes by Eve Best
The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. ~ William Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Shakespeare
Who can be wise, amazed, temp'rate, and furious,
Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man. ~ William Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Shakespeare
I've always wanted to play 'Lady Macbeth' and Strindberg's 'Miss Julie'. ~ Olivia D'Abo
Lady Macbeth quotes by Olivia D'Abo
And nothing is, but what is not. ~ William Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Shakespeare
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
Lady Macbeth quotes by Anne-Marie Slaughter
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
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Shakespeare
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other side ~ William Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Shakespeare
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
Lady Macbeth quotes by Djuna Barnes
Everybody needs a career manager."- Lady Macbeth ~ Robert Lynn Asprin
Lady Macbeth quotes by Robert Lynn Asprin
Nought's had, all's spent, where our desire is got without content. ~ William Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Shakespeare
I was born on the kitchen table. We were so poor my mother couldn't afford to have me; the lady next door gave birth to me. ~ Mel Brooks
Lady Macbeth quotes by Mel Brooks
And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof of the sublime flux of existence, the capricious music of the universe- and go on about our tasks ~ Tom Robbins
Lady Macbeth quotes by Tom Robbins
You are your own worst enemy, young lady. And you are a coward. It is senseless to mistake fear for bravery." Her warm breath is yeasty on my face. "I feel sorry for you. But that's it. We are done trying to help you. It's your life, as your poor father said." AFTER THIS, WHEN I wake in the morning, I spread my fingers, working out the stiffness that creeps in overnight. I point my toes, feeling the crimp in my ankles, my calves, the dull sore ache behind my knees. The pain in my joints is like a needy pet that won't leave me alone. But I can't complain. I've forfeited that right. ~ Christina Baker Kline
Lady Macbeth quotes by Christina Baker Kline
The batsman's technique was like an old lady poking her umbrella at a wasp's nest. ~ John Arlott
Lady Macbeth quotes by John Arlott
It is, in fact, that I've never admired anyone as much as I admire you. I have such a strong affinity for you. And only God knows why, for you're the most irritatingly, self-protective young lady I've ever met. ~ Dawn Crandall
Lady Macbeth quotes by Dawn Crandall
I learned to read from Mrs. Augusta Baker, the children's librarian ... If that was the only good deed that lady ever did in her life, may she rest in peace. Because that deed saved my life, if not sooner, then later, when sometimes the only thing I had to hold on to was knowing I could read. ~ Audre Lorde
Lady Macbeth quotes by Audre Lorde
A fine lady is a squirrel-headed thing, with small airs and small notions; about as applicable to the business of life as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest. ~ George Eliot
Lady Macbeth quotes by George Eliot
In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated. ~ Walter Annenberg
Lady Macbeth quotes by Walter Annenberg
Honoria nodded and was about to say something utterly
forgettable when she saw that his hand had been bandaged.
"I hope your injury is not severe," she said politely.
"Oh, this?" he held up his hand. His fingers were free to waggle,
but the rest of it looked rather like a mitt. "It's nothing. An
altercation with a letter opener."
"Well, please do be careful of infection," Honoria said,
somewhat more forcefully than was de rigueur. "If it grows red, or
swollen, or even worse, yellow, then you must see a doctor at
once."
"Green?" he quipped.
"I beg your pardon?"
"You listed so many colors about which I must be wary."
For a moment Honoria could only stare. Wound infection was
not a laughing matter.
"Lady Honoria?" he murmured.
She decided to proceed as if he'd said nothing. "Most
importantly, you must watch for reddish streaks spreading from the
wound. Those are the worst."
He blinked, but if he was startled by the turn of the
conversation, he did not show it. Instead he looked down at his
hand with a curious eye and said, "How red?"
"I beg your pardon?"
"How red do the streaks have to be before I must worry?"
"How do you know so much about medicine?" Lady Danbury
cut in.
"Do you know, I'm not sure how red," Honoria told Mr.
Bridgerton. "I would think anything stripey ought to be a cause for
alarm. ~ Julia Quinn
Lady Macbeth quotes by Julia Quinn
This person was standing under Lavery's portrait of Lady Walpole-Wilson, painted at the time of her marriage, in a white dress and blue sash, a picture he was examining with the air of one trying to fill in the seconds before introductions begin to take place, rather than on account of a deep interest in art. ~ Anthony Powell
Lady Macbeth quotes by Anthony Powell
SPENCE, THAT DOUR, IMPOSING LADY EAST OF LONDON, has grown a friendly face in my absence. I've never been so happy to see a place in all my sixteen years. Even the gargoyles have lost their fierceness. They are like wayward pets who haven't the sense to come in from the roof and so we let them live there, glaring but cheerful. ~ Libba Bray
Lady Macbeth quotes by Libba Bray
Some bikers have a code about who they put on the backs of their bikes and when. Rally, party, road trip, could be whoever you pick up. Your wheels are takin' you home, for me, for Chaos, only the old lady. A woman comes up here, she has her own ride. That way, I'm done, she can go. You gotta wait for me to take you where you need to be. This means, unless I take you, you aren't goin' anywhere. ~ Kristen Ashley
Lady Macbeth quotes by Kristen Ashley
You make me feel too human, Joe. All I want is peace and quiet, not love. I'm a tired old lady, Joe, and I don't mind being what you call "half dead." In fact it's what I like. The twice I was in love I took an awful beating and I don't want it again! I want you to stop it! Don't devil me, Joe. I beg you, don't devil me ... ~ Clifford Odets
Lady Macbeth quotes by Clifford Odets
When you came after me at the tavern, you nearly died." He looked wrecked at the memory. "You nearly died, and then who would I have argued with?"
"You'd have found someone."
"No." He stepped toward her. "I only want to argue with you. ~ Cynthia Hand
Lady Macbeth quotes by Cynthia Hand
And why is he here?" "Because an illustrious client has placed her piteous case in my hands. It is the Lady Eva Blackwell, the most beautiful debutante of last season. ~ Arthur Conan Doyle
Lady Macbeth quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Correspondence-School Instructor Says Goodbye to His Poetry Students

Goodbye, lady in Bangor, who sent me
snapshots of yourself, after definitely hinting
you were beautiful; goodbye,
Miami Beach urologist, who enclosed plain
brown envelopes for the return of your very
"Clinical Sonnets"; goodbye, manufacturer
of brassieres on the Coast, whose eclogues
give the fullest treatment in literature yet
to the sagging breast motif; goodbye, you in San Quentin,
who wrote, "Being German my hero is Hitler,"
instead of "Sincerely yours," at the end of long,
neat-scripted letters extolling the Pre-Raphaelites:

I swear to you, it was just my way
of cheering myself up, as I licked
the stamped, self-addressed envelopes,
the game I had of trying to guess
which one of you, this time,
had poisoned his glue. I did care.
I did read each poem entire.
I did say everything I thought
in the mildest words I knew. And now,
in this poem, or chopped prose, no better,
I realize, than those troubled lines
I kept sending back to you,
I have to say I am relieved it is over:
at the end I could feel only pity
for that urge toward more life
your poems kept smothering in words, the smell
of which, days later, tingled in your nostrils
as new, God-given impulses
to write.

Goodbye,
you who are, for me, the postmar ~ Galway Kinnell
Lady Macbeth quotes by Galway Kinnell
The vicissitudes of life resemble one of those gilded balls seen in a fountain. Thrown up by the force of the water, it flies up and down - now at the top, catching the rays of the sun, now cast into the depths, then again shooting up, sometimes so high that it escapes altogether, and falls to the ground. ~ Lady Randolph Churchill
Lady Macbeth quotes by Lady Randolph Churchill
Do your parents know you're here?' asked the lady at social Services. 'No,' I said, 'but I want to know about children's homes.' I had to stand on my toes to see over the reception desk. ~ Constance Briscoe
Lady Macbeth quotes by Constance Briscoe
I was told in many places of Osgar's bravery and Goll's strength and Conan's bitter tongue, and the arguments of Oisin and Patrick. And I have often been given the story of Oisin's journey to Tir-nan-Og, the Country of the Young, that is, as I am told, a fine place and everything that is good is in it. ~ Lady Gregory
Lady Macbeth quotes by Lady Gregory
My aunt had given me these rosary beads that were glow-in-the-dark. So all of a sudden I look down and they're glowing, and I'm looking toward the door and thinking, "Oh, my God, I don't want anything to come though here. I'm not worthy, I'm not ready." I didn't want to be one of those kids who sees Our Lady of Fatima. ~ Susan Sarandon
Lady Macbeth quotes by Susan Sarandon
The Lady was medicine bad enough. The Dominator, though, was the body of which her evil was but a shadow. Or so the legend goes. I sometimes wonder why, if that is true, she walks the earth and he lies restless in the grave. ~ Glen Cook
Lady Macbeth quotes by Glen Cook
A lot of people, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry and a lot of people have written for other people, and of course Bruno Mars. So I think it's a great way to break into the industry and show people what you can do and show them your talent and people tend to listen a little differently to your own music as an artist, when you've proven yourself as a good songwriter for other artists. ~ Bonnie McKee
Lady Macbeth quotes by Bonnie McKee
The dieting wars have got to stop. ~ Lady Gaga
Lady Macbeth quotes by Lady Gaga
I am sure you're very pleased to have a pair of foxes," Kestrel told Irex now, "but you'll have to do better."
"I set down my tile," Irex said coldly. "I cannot take it back."
"I'll let you take it back. Just this once."
"You want me to take it back."
"Ah. So you agree that I know what tile you mean to play."
Benix shifted his weight on Lady Faris's delicate chair. It creaked. "Flip the damn tile, Irex. And you, Kestrel: Quit toying with him."
"I'm merely offering friendly advice."
Benix snorted.
Kestrel watched Irex watch her, his anger mounting as he couldn't decide whether Kestrel's words were a lie, the well-meant truth, or a truth she hoped he would judge a lie. He flipped the tile: a fox.
"Too bad," said Kestrel, and turned over one of hers, adding a third bee to her other two matching tiles. She swept the four gold coins of the ante to her side of the table. "See, Irex? I had only your best interests at heart."
Benix blew out a gusty sigh. He settled back in his protesting chair, shrugged, and seemed the perfect picture of amused resignation. He kept his head bowed while he mixed the Bite and Sting tiles, but Kestrel saw him shoot Irex a wary glance. Benix, too, had seen the rage that turned Irex's face into stone.
Irex shoved back from the table. He stalked over the flagstone terrace to the grass, which bloomed with the highest members of Valorian society.
"That wasn't necessary," Benix told Kestrel.
"It ~ Marie Rutkoski
Lady Macbeth quotes by Marie Rutkoski
The wind - or maybe Keefe - must've thrown back his father's hood. But it wasn't his father facing him. It was Lady Gisela. Keefe's mom. ~ Shannon Messenger
Lady Macbeth quotes by Shannon Messenger
An invitation to dinner was soon afterwards dispatched; and already had Mrs. Bennet planned the courses that were to do credit to her housekeeping, when an answer arrived which deferred it all. Mr. Bingley was obliged to be in town the following day, and, consequently, unable to accept the honour of their invitation, etc. Mrs. Bennet was quite disconcerted. She could not imagine what business he could have in town so soon after his arrival in Hertfordshire; and she began to fear that he might be always flying about from one place to another, and never settled at Netherfield as he ought to be. Lady Lucas quieted her fears a little by starting the idea of his being gone to London only to get a large party for the ball; and a report soon followed that Mr. Bingley was to bring twelve ladies and seven gentlemen with him to the assembly. The girls grieved over such a number of ladies, but were comforted the day before the ball by hearing, that instead of twelve he brought only six with him from London - his five sisters and a cousin. And when the party entered the assembly room it consisted of only five altogether - Mr. Bingley, his two sisters, the husband of the eldest, and another young man. ~ Jane Austen
Lady Macbeth quotes by Jane Austen
Treat a woman like a lady till she proves she isn't one. Then treat her like a lady anyway. It isn't about what kind of woman she is but what kind of man you are. (My mother, Nellie Lucille Sawyer Withrow) ~ Nellie Lucille Sawyer Withrow
Lady Macbeth quotes by Nellie Lucille Sawyer Withrow
I think about the story I always tell her – of the kind lady who gave her to us. I suppose that must be how she imagines her father – as a kind man who gave her away too, as if she were a gift. Only now he wants her back. ~ Sanjida Kay
Lady Macbeth quotes by Sanjida Kay
Everyone thinks their mom is a superhero, and l feel like I want to be just like my mom. A superhero. She's a very strong lady. ~ Rita Ora
Lady Macbeth quotes by Rita Ora
The Countess was considerably younger than her husband. All of her clothes came from Paris (this was after Paris) and she had superb taste. (This was after taste too, but only just. And since it was such a new thing, and since the Countess was the only lady in all Florin to posses it, is it any wonder she was the leading hostess in the land?) ~ William Goldman
Lady Macbeth quotes by William Goldman
I mean this from my heart. I'm a mentally ill adult woman. I went through a period of hospitalization for about two years, and now it's 9 years later and my life is in the general upswing of things and has been for a while...But you better fucking believe I remember 2007. I love the person I was at my worst. What a woman. What an endlessly fascinating woman. And what a lucky woman I am to be her successor. She's a woman I'll talk about for the rest of my life. That sad broken lady, laying in bed chewing over drugs and abuse and flat out insanity? It's the loneliest part of my life and the most pathetic, the emptiest, and the centermost defining. Being 19 was...lmaoooo I don't know where I was going with this. ~ Unknown
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