"I have always considered The Merry Wives one of the worst plays, if not altogether the worst, that Shakespeare has left us. The wit for the most part is dreary or foolish; the tone is coarse and farcical; and the characters want the fine distinctive touches he so well knew how to give. If some luckless wight had written such a comedy in our time, I should like to see what the critics would say to it?"

-- George Henry Lewes

#Character Quotes #Play Quotes #Wife Quotes

“The process of just being in front of people, having to stand up for your ideas, and ask - and then ask people for money, which is a very hard thing to do.”

Source : "How Does a Host of Working Work?". "Working" with Adam Davidson, www.slate.com. May 18, 2015.
“There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.”
“Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.”
“I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.”

Source : "John McCain on Education". 2007 GOP primary debate, at Reagan library, hosted by MSNBC, www.issues2000.org. May 3, 2007.
“I love reading; it's a great way to avoid writing.”
“I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men.”
“Children are wonderful but they are not the center of the universe. The sooner their parents make them understand that, the better off we all will be.”

Source : "Permissive parents: Curb your brats". edition.cnn.com. July 5, 2011.
“The capitalist class is interested in keeping the workingmen divided among themselves. Hence it foments race and religious animosities that come down from the past.”

Source : Daniel De Leon (1915). “Two pages from Roman history: I. Plebs leaders and labor leaders. II. The warning of the Gracchi”

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