Quotes by Dramatists

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you. Jules Renard
You Woman Will Other Tell Pretty Open Roads Like She Her
The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat. Jules Renard
Calm Cat Ideal Exists Sitting
One has to look out for engineers - they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb. Marcel Pagnol
Machines Sewing Out Atomic Atomic Bomb Look End Up Begin Engineers Bomb
A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction. Oscar Wilde
Work Man Woman Face His Autobiography Fiction Her
It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information. Oscar Wilde
Sad Nowadays Sad Thing Very Information Little Useless Thing
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. Oscar Wilde
Wise People Other Well Contradict Themselves Bred
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect. Oscar Wilde
Unfair Unbearable About Something Brute Brute Force Force Intellect Hitting Quite Stand Use Reason Below
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Oscar Wilde
Life Art Mirrors Really Spectator
Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination. Oscar Wilde
Art Good People Bad People Good People Imagination Bad Variety Point Point Of View Colour Studies Stir Represent View Strangeness Reason Fascinating
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. Oscar Wilde
Society Would Would-Be Only Civilized Could Talk How Irish Listen Quite Teach English Here
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. Oscar Wilde
Beautiful Ugly Will Object Look Conditions Certain
There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go. Tennessee Williams
Time Go Departure Place Certain Even Relatable Sad Relatable
Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory. Tennessee Williams
Life Write Because Did Found Why
If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul. William Shakespeare
Soul Honor Sin Most Am Covet Offending
The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils. William Shakespeare
Music Man Concord Sweet Hath Spoils Himself Sounds Nor Fit Moved
There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them. William Shakespeare
Great People Men Great Men Been Loved Flattered Them Who Many
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered. William Shakespeare
Some Steered Boats Fortune Brings
Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes. William Shakespeare
You Mind Little Should Your Fortunes Lest Mar Speech
All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long. Wilson Mizner
Anger Degree Long Inevitable Rule Slight Some Conceived Sinful Occasions Because Becomes Provocation Scripture Inadequate
Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth. Wole Soyinka
Truth Writing Wish Books Those Suppress Terror Forms Who
Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground. Zora Neale Hurston
Opportunity Every Sun Would Least Off Jump Mama Get Children Land Might Ground Her Every Opportunity
It costs you something to do good! Zora Neale Hurston
Good You Something Costs
The University brings out all abilities, including incapability. Anton Chekhov
Out Ability Including Brings University
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. Brendan Behan
Death Me Back Absence Could Said Dublin Came Shoot Sentenced
The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less. Brendan Behan
Money Sex Free Big Costs Between Big Difference Lot Difference Less
What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides. Brendan Behan
Good Men Lost Hell Sides Good Men Both Both Sides Make Does Were Left Difference Right
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