"It is useless to hold a person to anything he says while he is in love, drunk, or running for office."

Maclaine, Shirley | Promises | 2 bookmarks

"In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter."

Proverb, Chinese | Promises | 3 bookmarks

"We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life, is rounded with a sleep. [The Tempest]"

Shakespeare, William | Dreams | 4 bookmarks

"Hollywood's like Egypt, full of crumbled pyramids. It'll never come back. It'll just keep on crumbling until finally the wind blows the last studio prop across the sands."

Selznick, David O. | Hollywood | 2 bookmarks

"Such as we are made of, such we be."

Shakespeare, William | Destiny | 7 bookmarks

"The devil has the power to assume a pleasing shape."

Shakespeare, William | Devil | 5 bookmarks

"The fool thinks himself to be wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. [Measure For Measure]"

Shakespeare, William | Fools and Foolishness | 10 bookmarks

"He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack that at the parting all the church did echo."

Shakespeare, William | Kisses and Kissing | 1 bookmarks

"'Tis the soldier's life to have their balmy slumbers waked with strife."

Shakespeare, William | Army and Navy | 1 bookmarks

"I am a kind of burr; I shall stick."

Shakespeare, William | Perseverance | 1 bookmarks