Macbeth Flashcards Quotes

What bloody man is that, sir?" I tossed the paper in the grate, though there was no fire on this warm summer day. "Bartholomew, you are quoting from Macbeth, did you know? King Duncan in the first scene, which is ominous. He died rather horribly soon after. ~ Ashley Gardner

Ring the alarum-bell! Blow, wind! come, wrack!
At least we'll die with harness on our back. ~ William Shakespeare

And now about the cauldron sing
Like elves and fairies in a ring,
Enchanting all that you put in. ~ William Shakespeare

In the description of night in Macbeth, the beetle and the bat detract from the general idea of darkness - inspissated gloom. ~ Samuel Johnson

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

your son has paid the soldier's price: death. He only lived long enough to become a man, and as soon as he proved that he was a man by fighting like one, he died"
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William Shakespeare ~ William Shakespeare

The attempt and not the deed confounds us. ~ William Shakespeare

Indeed the worthy housewife was of such a capricious nature, that she not only attained a higher pitch of genius than Macbeth, in respect of her ability to be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, loyal and neutral in an instant, but would sometimes ring the changes backwards and forwards on all possible moods and flights in one short quarter of an hour; performing, as it were, a kind of triple bob major on the peal of instruments in the female belfry, with a skilfulness and rapidity of execution that astonished all who heard her. ~ Charles Dickens

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

As a prayer popper, I stay in touch with God. I send lots of spiritual postcards. Little bits and bytes of adoration, supplication, and information attached prayer darts speed in God's direction all day long. ~ Sybil MacBeth

Sleep, rest of things, O pleasing Deity, Peace of the soul, which cares dost crucify, Weary bodies refresh and mollify. ~ Ovid

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

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

The multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him ... [from Macbeth] ~ Alan Moore

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

Siward: Then he is dead?
Ross: Ay, and brought off the field: your cause of sorrow
Must not be measured by the worth, for then
It hath no end. ~ William Shakespeare

If you think about Shakespeare, you remember Richard III and Macbeth before you remember Ferdinand, whose role is just to fall in love and be a bit of a wimp. I love the baddies. More important, though, is making the baddies somehow, weirdly, understood. ~ Mark Strong

Any new producer starting up is to get investors' confidence. Investors are still very very wary of anything to do with the arts world. ~ Ann Macbeth

He took the mess that was Macbeth and fixed it, and I wonder if he might, in some small way, be able to do the same for me. ~ Sarah Dessen

Personally, I don't want to live with limitations. If there comes a time where I am dying to play Juliet or Macbeth, I want to make those avenues for myself. ~ Danielle Brooks

I was in a production of 'Macbeth.' ~ Richard C. Armitage

The love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we thank as love. ~ William Shakespeare

'Macbeth' is an amazing story. ~ Andy Serkis

I pray you school yourself. [MacBeth, Act 1V, Scene 2] ~ William Shakespeare

When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part. ~ Laurence Olivier

Sawcy, and ouer-bold, how did you dare
To Trade, and Trafficke with Macbeth,
In Riddles, and Affaires of death;
And I the Mistris of your Charmes,
The close contriuer of all harmes,
Was neuer call'd to beare my part,
Or shew the glory of our Art? ~ William Shakespeare

When the most learned evolutionists can give neither the how nor the why, the marvels seem to show that adaptation is inexplicable. Yet those who cannot explain it will not admit that it is inexplicable. This is a strange situation, only partly ascribable to the rather unscientific conviction that evidence will be found in the future. It is due to a psychological quirk [in the minds of its advocates]. ~ Norman Macbeth

We are not yet at the point where our size, our being the drama industry, is sufficient to support full time professional crews, and that is very very important. ~ Ann Macbeth

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

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

Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once."
Macbeth. Act III Sc. 4, Line 119 ~ Jess Waid

I read Macbeth as a secondary student in Nigeria and it was like an African play to me. It had all the right elements - witches, kings and assassinations. ~ Sefi Atta

The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as an industry with a pure commercial base. ~ Ann Macbeth

Sleep lingers all our lifetime about our eyes, as night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I see Macbeth as a young, open-faced warrior, who is gradually sucked into a whirpool of events because of his ambition. When he meets the weird sisters and hears their prophecy, he's like the man who hopes to win a million - a gamble for high stakes. ~ Roman Polanski

[Macbeth] is historically set in a place depicted by Shakespeare as brutal and violent, incredibly superstitious, and that's something that I do believe is Scottish. ~ James McAvoy

Film is the most expensive, highest risk industry in the world. ~ Ann Macbeth

All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year. ~ Ann Macbeth

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