Film & Theater Quotes

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.

An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.

Shakespeare is the inventor of the human as we know it.

Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.

To conquer without peril is to triumph without glory.

Andromaque, je songe à la flamme éternelle.

Language most shows a man: speak, that I may see thee.

Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove, That hills and valleys, dales and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

No one is so old as to think he cannot live one more year.

Laughter is the most effective weapon against power.

The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.

I write plays because I'm interested in the human condition, and I'm interested in the human condition because I'm a human being.

I think it's very important to be able to change your mind, to be able to look at things from different angles.

There aren't any good, brave causes left.

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

A fact is like a sack which will not stand up till it is filled with some reason or other. It is the reason which gives it its standing.

The most terrible of all feelings is the feeling of having hope without foundation.

I am not a homosexual playwright. I am a playwright who happens to be homosexual.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.