Hamlet Act 1 Quotes

#1. As always, things happen sooner rather than later on 'Arrow.'

Marc Guggenheim

#2. In the corrupted currents of this world
Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice,
And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself
Buys out the law. . .
(Claudius, from Hamlet, Act 3, scene 3)

William Shakespeare

#3. The Play's the Thing, wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King.

William Shakespeare

#4. My agency in promoting the passage of the National Banking Act was the greatest mistake of my life. It has built up a monopoly which affects every interest in the country

Salmon P. Chase

#5. Places of genius challenge us. They are difficult. They do not earn their place in history with ethnic restaurants or street festivals, but by provoking us, making demands of us. Crazy, unrealistic, beautiful demands.

Eric Weiner

#6. Ghost: Murder most foul, as in the best it is. But this most foul, strange and unnatural.

William Shakespeare

#7. Good Gad! It looks like the last act of Hamlet in here.
Turnip banged his head against his clenched fists, making inarticulate moaning noises.
Pinchingdale gave him an odd look. 'I had no idea you felt so strongly about the play, Fitzhugh.

Lauren Willig

#8. Vanity, not love, has been my folly.

Jane Austen

#9. It would be great to have Bach in one corner, Bessie Smith in another, John Lennon in another. That's what I'd ideally like. A studio of the dead.

Jools Holland

#10. I can tell you that from the director's chair, young actors love to be challenged, to be given killer lines that take time to wrap their mind around.

Mark Waters

#11. It's a pity that the rich have more freedom to hang or drown themselves than the rest of us Christians.

William Shakespeare

#12. These countries formally achieved independence ,but they didn't achieve real freedom, since freedom of any kind is primarily spiritual.the independence of a people which has not first won this is soon reduced to an anthem and a flag , two very minor factors for true independence

Alija Izetbegovic

#13. The results of family disintegration are seen all around us. Runaways. Child abuse. Abortions. It is dirty laundry - once hung in the nation's backyard, but now hung shamelessly in front yards - flaunted in headlines and glamorized on television and in films.

Billy Graham