Not until we have learned to be useful can we afford to do what we like.

Only a great actor finds the difficulties of the actor's art infinite.

Before you can be eccentric, you must know where the circle is.

Wonderful women! Have you ever thought how much we all, and women especially, owe to Shakespeare for his vindication of women in these fearless, high-spirited, resolute and intelligent heroines?

Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

Vary the pace. ... it is one of the foundations of all good acting.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. On the other hand, it is of little use to take criticism in a slavish spirit and to act on it without understanding it.

Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.

The tragedian will always be a limited tragedian if he has not learned how to laugh. The comedian who cannot weep will never touch the highest levels of mirth.

Coroners' inquests by learned societies can't make Shakespeare a dead man.

learning texts is worth doing not because it's easy but because it's hard.

He didn’t care if I hated him, only that I did as I was told.

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

I'm getting rid of the carried interest provision.

It seems you haven't really become a success until you have as many people as possible condemning you.

An old man is twice a child, and so is a drunken man.

That was Hera. Her Majesty, the Loose Cannon.

One does what one is; one becomes what one does.

The goal of preparation then is not knowing exactly where you'll go but being confident nonetheless that you'll get there.

These days, of course, the focus of talk about popular liberation through products is mostly associated with the Internet. I've been collecting computer ads and ads dealing with Internet industries.