Quotes about Theater
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.
— Mark Twain
Well, I can't help going to see Sibyl play, even if it is only for an act. I get hungry for her presence; and when I think of the wonderful soul that is hidden away in that little ivory body, I am filled with awe. You can dine with me to-night, Dorian, can't you? He shook his head. To night she is Imogen, he answered, and tomorrow night she will be Juliet. When is she Sibyl Vane? Never. I congratulate you.
— Oscar Wilde
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.
— Oscar Wilde
You can dine with me to-night, Dorian, can't you?" He shook his head. "To-night she is Imogen," he answered, "and to-morrow night she will be Juliet." "When is she Sibyl Vane?" "Never." "I congratulate you.
— Oscar Wilde
I did 'My Fair Lady' for almost 3 1/2 years, eight performances a week. It was a marathon.
— Julie Andrews
God wants the church to be a community where real people in real relationships are meeting real needs in real ways. God did not create the church simply as a classroom where you get instruction or as a theater where you come to watch a performance.
— Tony Evans
The church has become the theater of the gospel, and in this theater, there are no passive spectators, only engaged participants, acting out what is in Christ.
— Kevin Vanhoozer
I was occasionally getting calls for some things. But I would say, 22 to 29 was a lot of scuffling. Hoping to get called for bad wedding gigs and I did do an off-Broadway show for about 15 months.
— Jon Gordon
The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
I wanted to be on Broadway, but in musical comedy.
— Carol Burnett
It all seemed to him to have disappeared as if behind a curtain at a theater. There are such curtains that drop in life. God is moving on to the next act.
— Victor Hugo