tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post9012014171321803142..comments2024-02-19T10:16:13.581+00:00Comments on Past Imperfect: Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-84506975356914812662010-04-14T21:11:50.745+01:002010-04-14T21:11:50.745+01:00Parsnip: at least as one's eyesight fades they...Parsnip: at least as one's eyesight fades they don't seem so obvious. I'm glad I stopped smoking in the seventies or mine would be much worse.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-78649882324221302742010-04-14T21:06:11.176+01:002010-04-14T21:06:11.176+01:00Naomi: great quotes there.
Re you last quote you c...Naomi: great quotes there.<br />Re you last quote you chose the same as Queenie - great minds think alike;)Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-73798737622607854152010-04-14T20:38:47.247+01:002010-04-14T20:38:47.247+01:00Oh, And I forgot this one that I use ALL the time:...Oh, And I forgot this one that I use ALL the time: "Reason Not The Need", which Lear says to his daughter after she tells him that he doesn't need his Army......I once heard a full hours Lecture on this one line by this Shakespearan Professor at USC, Dr, Baxter. I never forgot it.OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-69244280163006337912010-04-14T20:20:08.390+01:002010-04-14T20:20:08.390+01:00Oh, I have many....But I think my favorite speech ...Oh, I have many....But I think my favorite speech of all is Polonius' to his son, Laertes..starting, "Neither a borrower or a lender be....." And ending with: "This above all, to thine own self be true. And it must follow--as the night the day--Thou canst not then be false to any man"....Truer words were never writ...<br /><br />I once played The Abyss in "The Comedy Of Errors" and she had a GREAT Line: "The Venom clamours of a jealous woman, poisens more deadly than a mad dog's tooth...!"<br /><br />I love all the Garden related quotes you gathered, Pat. Most, I was unfamiliar with...OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-5931414831779145532010-04-14T19:40:22.158+01:002010-04-14T19:40:22.158+01:00I loved my trip to Stratford and the Rosemary quot...I loved my trip to Stratford and the Rosemary quote is one of my favorites along with<br /> " with mirth and laughter let old age wrinkles come " <br />unfortunately I have way too many wrinkles.angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-739231716658573622010-04-14T08:03:34.632+01:002010-04-14T08:03:34.632+01:00Gadjo: was that when he was being humorous? I use...Gadjo: was that when he was being humorous? I used to find his humour a trifle laboured. More fool me.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-3923523100640345222010-04-14T07:59:36.165+01:002010-04-14T07:59:36.165+01:00Eryl: it wasn't that bad you know - powdered ...Eryl: it wasn't that bad you know - powdered egg. Add a slice or two of spam and we were well fed - without any adipose tissue.<br /><br />LOM: you see there you have it: Shakespeare is not my favourite playwright but some of his verses have me drooling.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-19837969297990116122010-04-14T06:25:16.089+01:002010-04-14T06:25:16.089+01:00There was also a rather less impressive Quince (Pe...There was also a rather less impressive Quince (Peter Quince), who was a Rude Mechanical.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-60814232534959421702010-04-14T06:03:44.718+01:002010-04-14T06:03:44.718+01:00My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as d...My bounty is as boundless as the sea,<br />My love as deep; the more I give to thee,<br />The more I have, for both are infinite.lomhttp://anewwayoflife08.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-86083926043732015912010-04-14T00:39:19.574+01:002010-04-14T00:39:19.574+01:00I think it's from Lear when Gloucester is havi...I think it's from <i>Lear</i> when Gloucester is having his eyes ripped out. Though my memory is like powdered egg.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-72570970948957266052010-04-13T20:43:20.713+01:002010-04-13T20:43:20.713+01:00Eryl: sounds a bit Lady Macbethish.
Jimmy: that&...Eryl: sounds a bit Lady Macbethish.<br /><br />Jimmy: that's one of those elusive ones where it immediately makes sense and then mystifies.<br />Next time we have a drink together you must explain it.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-76088487046061517942010-04-13T20:24:27.647+01:002010-04-13T20:24:27.647+01:00There's no art to find the mind's construc...There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face. <br />Macbeth, 1. 4<br /><br /><br />Succinct... so true.Barlinniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555629852012324360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-32664490700602929562010-04-13T18:49:20.369+01:002010-04-13T18:49:20.369+01:00I'm rather fond of: 'out vile jelly' m...I'm rather fond of: 'out vile jelly' myself, even though I don't think jelly is at all vile.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-31970974243127953582010-04-13T18:34:06.007+01:002010-04-13T18:34:06.007+01:00Queenie: nice one! I'll tuck that away in my...Queenie: nice one! I'll tuck that away in my useful drawer;)Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-15085433774297397382010-04-13T17:06:05.966+01:002010-04-13T17:06:05.966+01:00When I'm shopping with my Paramour, and I want...When I'm shopping with my Paramour, and I want something he thinks is pointless, I find 'O reason not the need' from King Lear to be a particularly useful phrase.Queeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988379866736219329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-66685785614688783522010-04-13T15:49:13.744+01:002010-04-13T15:49:13.744+01:00Randall: who could forget the blonde Olivier givin...Randall: who could forget the blonde Olivier giving it large in the film?<br />Mel Gibson eat your heart out!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-82032162474803774382010-04-13T12:50:26.862+01:002010-04-13T12:50:26.862+01:00Henry V's St. Crispen's Day speech to the ...Henry V's St. Crispen's Day speech to the troops, which is a little to long to post here.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-62132950174022750092010-04-13T12:42:42.902+01:002010-04-13T12:42:42.902+01:00Scarlet: that's new to me - I must see if I ca...Scarlet: that's new to me - I must see if I can find it. Thanks that's great.<br />Found it - 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-29880922321752533432010-04-13T12:27:26.337+01:002010-04-13T12:27:26.337+01:00It seems that Shakespeare is responsible for many ...It seems that Shakespeare is responsible for many well known phrases such as 'the unkindest cut', 'The green eyed monster', 'a dish fit for the Gods' and many others - [he must have been good if we're still using his words today!], but I do like: 'Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind', because at heart I'm a romantic.<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-89640513856111780732010-04-13T10:31:47.246+01:002010-04-13T10:31:47.246+01:00Andrew.m ah I know it well. Years ago in Paris M...Andrew.m ah I know it well. Years ago in Paris Monsieur Victor - the proprietier of a hotel I was staying in on the Left Bank used :-<br />'This precious stone set in the silver sea,' to describe the shoe box of a room he was giving me.<br />That's when we had to survive on £50 a year for trips abroad. Great fun!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-67411330867976189292010-04-13T10:13:27.043+01:002010-04-13T10:13:27.043+01:00This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
Th...This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,<br />This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,<br />This other Eden, demi-paradise,<br />This fortress built by Nature for herself<br />Against infection and the hand of war,<br />This happy breed of men, this little world,<br />This precious stone set in the silver sea,<br />Which serves it in the office of a wall<br />Or as a moat defensive to a house,<br />Against the envy of less happier lands,--<br />This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.<br /><br />William Shakespeare, "King Richard II", Act 2 scene 1AndrewMnoreply@blogger.com