Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Lord Bacon could as easily have created the planets as he could have written Hamlet.

Thomas Carlyle

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• I'm not saying that Sam J. Jones was Flash Gordon - there's no such thing. No actor can be the person, that's a bunch of crap. People pay to see an actor be himself, whether he plays Hamlet or whatever.

  

  Sam J. Jones
  • People
  • Actor
  • Saying

• If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a prince, and he says, 'To be or not to be.'"

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • You
  • Say
  • Prince

• Let me mention that not all sun-like stars host planets – perhaps about 30% of them are planet – builders. It's not so easy to form a planet!

  

  Garik Israelian
  • Stars
  • Form
  • Planets

• Shakespeare's 'Othello' was inspired by Cinthio's 'A Moorish Captain'; his 'Hamlet' came from Saxo Grammaticus's 'Amleth.'

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • Inspired
  • Hamlet
  • Captain

• No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;Am an attendant lord, one that will doTo swell a progress, start a scene or two,Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,Deferential, glad to be of use,Politic, cautious, and meticulous;Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;At times, indeed, almost ridiculous - Almost, at times, the Fool.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • High
  • Doubt
  • Progress

• Hamlet is a little daunting.

  

  Kyle MacLachlan
  • Hamlet

• I'm on the list that I thought I'd never be on. I'm not sitting here thinking, 'God, I might get this part' or 'is it too late for me to play Hamlet?' It's really about: who do I get to work with? There's so many people on that list.

  

  Joel Edgerton
  • People
  • Work
  • God

• I have never wanted to check out the family folklore that we could be traced back to a dominie at the hamlet of Balquhidder in the Scottish highlands.

  

  James Black
  • Family
  • Hamlet

• 'Hamlet' is so modern; 'Coriolanus' is utterly alien to our consciousness, and that makes it difficult for us.

  

  David Farr
  • Alien
  • Hamlet

• 'Hamlet' is a play of many strange parts, with ghosts and players, politicians and clowns.

  

  David Farr
  • Hamlet

• If I ever play Hamlet, it'll be in a dress!

  

  Matt Lucas
  • Hamlet

• I've always wanted to give 'Hamlet' a shot. It's the big one, you know. I haven't done Shakespeare professionally, so I think it would be terrifying.

  

  Brian d'Arcy James
  • Done
  • Hamlet

• If you look at it, 'The Lion King' is very similar to 'Hamlet.'

  

  Kelly Asbury
  • King
  • Lion
  • Hamlet

• I'd love to play Hamlet.

  

  Janet McTeer
  • Hamlet

• 'Hamlet' is the most famous play in the world for a reason. The journey you go on is incredible.

  

  David Denman
  • World
  • Journey
  • Famous

• 'Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great.

  

  David Carradine
  • Great
  • Hamlet

• I've played Hamlet and Coriolanus, Orlando in 'As You like It' and Ariel in 'Tempest,' among others.

  

  Christian Camargo
  • Hamlet

• I'm as happy doing 'Postman Pat' as I am doing 'Hamlet.'

  

  David Tennant
  • Happy
  • Hamlet

• When I am painting, driven by lively tensions, I want to express what’s going on in me. When that tension has ceased, when the life in me became visible, then something happened which had to happen. Over and over again you experience a work which is created in this way. What happened? It is hard to say, because it was not my mind that led but the inner desire that revealed its inner life.

  

  Bram van Velde
  • Experience
  • Desire
  • Painting

• Lately I've been running on faith.

  

  Eric Clapton Blind Faith
  • Running Expression

• A highly cultivated taste, a taste that is knowledgeable and eclectic, is likely to be exciting and provocative, a personal taste at its highest level.

  

  Eleanor Brown
  • Taste
  • Level
  • Provocative

• Studies show that women are more likely than men to die in natural disasters. Women's voices must be heard.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • Men
  • Women
  • Die

• As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.

  

  Sandra Day O'Connor
  • Citizens
  • Voting

• Lord Bacon could as easily have created the planets as he could have written Hamlet.

  

  Thomas Carlyle
  • Created
  • Planets
  • Hamlet