1310 quotes by dramatists for you to enjoy

The first hundred years are the hardest. Wilson Mizner

First Hundred Hundred Years Years Hardest

The cuckoo who is on to himself is halfway out of the clock. Wilson Mizner

Out Himself Halfway Cuckoo Clock Who

You cannot live a normal existence if you haven't taken care of a problem that affects your life and affects the lives of others, values that you hold which in fact define your very existence. Wole Soyinka

We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where. Wole Soyinka

Humanity World Matter Live Strongly Materialism Materialist Where Appeals

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail. Wole Soyinka

Will Eat Dips Pot Bottom Snail Hand Biggest

A war, with its attendant human suffering, must, when that evil is unavoidable, be made to fragment more than buildings: It must shatter the foundations of thought and re-create. Only in this way does every individual share in the cataclysm and understand the purpose of sacrifice. Wole Soyinka

War Suffering Evil Thought Made Sacrifice Every Fragment Way Must Unavoidable More Only Purpose Individual Share Attendant Shatter Understand Buildings Does Than Human Human Suffering Foundations

I take friendship very seriously. Wole Soyinka

Friendship Seriously Take Very

Nigeria has had the misfortune - no, the fortune - of seeing the worst face of capitalism anywhere in Africa. The masses have seen it, they are disgusted, and they want an alternative. Wole Soyinka

Capitalism Face Seen Worst Seeing Misfortune Had Masses Alternative Africa Disgusted Want Anywhere Fortune Nigeria

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it. Zora Neale Hurston

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. Zora Neale Hurston

Man Wish Every Distance Ships Board

People can be slave-ships in shoes. Zora Neale Hurston

People Shoes

Gods always love the people who make em. Zora Neale Hurston

Love People Make Always Gods Who

We were all miners in our family. My father was a miner. My mother is a miner. These are miner's hands, but we were all artists, I suppose, really. But I was the first one who had the urge to express myself on paper rather than at the coalface. Alan Bennett

The bits I most remember about my school days are those that took place outside the classroom, as we were taken on countless theatre visits and trips to places of interest. Alan Bennett

I always like to break out and address the audience. In 'The History Boys', for instance, without any ado, the boys will suddenly turn and talk to the audience and then go back into the action. I find it more adventurous doing it in prose than on the stage, but I like being able to make the reader suddenly sit up. Alan Bennett

History Will Sit Stage Action Back Address Out Find Able Ado More Instance Prose Adventurous Like Talk Make Reader Without Audience Boy Always Doing Go Up Than Any Being Break Turn Then Suddenly

I always feel over-appreciated but underestimated. Alan Bennett

Feel Underestimated Always

I didn't even have a clear idea of why I wanted to go to Oxford - apart from the fact I had fallen in love with the architecture. It certainly wasn't out of some great sense of academic or intellectual achievement. In many ways, my education only began after I'd left university. Alan Bennett

Love Education Great Achievement Architecture Sense Ways Out Some Only Fact Had Clear Great Sense Idea Academic Fallen Go Intellectual Left Began Oxford Wanted After Apart Certainly Many Even Why University