"English dramatic literature is, of course, dominated by Shakespeare; and it is almost inevitable that an English reader should measure the value of other poetic drama by the standards which Shakespeare has already implanted in his mind."

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Source : Lytton Strachey (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)”, p.58, Delphi Classics

Lytton Strachey

#Drama Quotes #Mind Quotes #Literature Quotes

“The only acceptable response to the threat of lethal violence is immediate and savage counterattack. If you resist, you just may get killed. If you don't resist you almost certainly will get killed. It is a tough choice, but there is only one right answer.”
“Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.”
“There are still hundreds of question marks to be answered”
“Youâ€™re allowed to believe in a god. Youâ€™re allowed to believe unicorns live in your shoes for all I care. But the day you start telling me how to wear my shoes so I donâ€™t upset the unicorns, I have a problem with you. The day you start involving the unicorns in making decisions for this country, I have a BIG problem with you.”
“The dramatic importance of climate changes to the worldâ€™s future has been dangerously underestimated by many, often because we have been lulled by modern technology into thinking we have conquered nature. This well-written book points out in clear language that the climatic threat could be as awesome as any we might face, and that massive world-wide actions to hedge against that threat deserve immediate consideration.”
“It was '86. We were a big enough name and we had enough cache that MTV wanted to play us, so, along with Michael Jackson and Madonna, they played our upside-down, black-and-white, backward, single unedited footage of a rock quarry with orange letters over the top of it and called it art.”
“In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone, however.”
“Of course in war all madness's come out in a man. That is the fault of war not of a man or a nation.”

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