Lady Macbeth Quotes - Page 2

• My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man That function is smothered in surmise, And nothing is but what is not.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Murder, States

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 3, l. 130

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• Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other side

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Ambition, Sides

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 16

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• I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.

  William Shakespeare

  People, Golden, Publicity

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 31

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• Out, damned spot! out, I say! One: two: why, then 'tis time to do't. Hell is murky!

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Hands, Two

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 1, l. [38]

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• I'd make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.

  Bette Midler

  Shoes, Pairs, Wonderful

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• Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Courage, Heart

  William Shakespeare, Roma Gill (2004). “Macbeth”, p.35, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.

  William Shakespeare

  Fear, Worry, Anticipation

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 3, l. 130

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• To beguile the time, look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Hands, Tongue

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 5, l. [63]

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• That but this blow
  Might be the be-all and the end-all here,
  But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,
  We'ld jump the life to come.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Blow, Lds

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 1

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• Tis safter to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.

  William Shakespeare

  Joy, Important Macbeth, Destruction

  William Shakespeare (2001). “The Tragedy of Macbeth”, p.150, Classic Books Company

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• But wherefore could not I pronounce 'Amen'? I had most need of blessing, and 'Amen' Stuck in my throat.

  William Shakespeare

  Blessing, Needs, Amen

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 2, l. 32

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• To beguile the time, look like the time.

  William Shakespeare

  Looks

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 5, l. [63]

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• And nothing is, but what is not.

  William Shakespeare

  Darkness In Macbeth, Macbeth Play, Uncertainty

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 3, l. 130

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• To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be.

  Max Beerbohm

  Host, Standing Out, Should

  Max Beerbohm (2015). “The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm”, p.67, New York Review of Books

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• I'm either the witch or Lady Macbeth of English politics, but someone gotta wear the pants in England when others wearing kilts

  Margaret Thatcher

  Kilts, Pants, England

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• My war brought me many things; let yours bring you as much. Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like, it will not tell itself. No one will be much or little except in someone else's mind, so be careful of the minds you get into, and remember Lady Macbeth, who had her mind in her hand. We can't all be as safe as that.

  Djuna Barnes

  War, Hands, Mind

  Djuna Barnes (2014). “Nightwood”, p.96, Faber & Faber

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• Focus on guilt will always breed fear, and focus on innocence will always breed love. Any time we project guilt onto someone else, we are fortifying the experience of guilt within ourselves. Like blood on Lady MacBeth's hands, we cannot remove our own guilty feelings as long as we are judging others.

  Marianne Williamson

  Blood, Hands, Judging

  Marianne Williamson (2004). “Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles”, p.38, Penguin

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• Maybe because Im a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth.

  Anna Netrebko

  Sweet, Nice, Dark

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• I sometimes have these spells of compulsive truth. But as Lady Macbeth would say, "The fit is momentary."

  Ken Kesey

  Truth, Sometimes, Fit

  Ken Kesey (2006). “Sometimes a Great Notion”, p.247, Penguin

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• I think an awful lot of the reasons people put forward for not liking Hillary Clinton play into deep-seated, negative female stereotypes: ambition, secrecy, calculating. I mean, that is Lady Macbeth, a kind of cold woman. I don't think that's Hillary. And I don't think people would judge a man in the same way.

  Anne-Marie Slaughter

  Ambition, Mean, Men

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I once said to someone when I was playing Lady Macbeth and they said: "That's tricky, emotionally, what do you do about murdering your husband's cousin?" And there are, of course, things that aren't in your personal repertoire that you have to somehow understand by reading or watching other things and listening to other people talk about them.

  Judi Dench

  Cousin, Husband, Reading

  "Philomena - Dame Judi Dench interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.

  Olivia Colman

  Drama, School, Serious Things

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• The picture of me is nearly finished, and I think it is magnificent.  The green and blue of the dress is splendid, and the expression as Lady Macbeth holds the crown over her head is quite wonderful.

  Ellen Terry

  Thinking, Blue, Expression

  Dame Ellen Terry (1908). “The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections”

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