David Hare's Quotes
Born: 1947-06-05
Profession: Playwright
Nation: English
Biography of David Hare
An inability to handle language is not the same thing as stupidity.
Tags: Handle, Language, StupidityIn oratory the will must predominate.
Tags: OratoryNo one but a fool is always right.
Tags: FoolNothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.
Tags: Earth, Further, HeavenSome people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.
Tags: Heart, Together, WorkingStrength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.
Tags: Obedience, Strength, VirtueSudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.
Tags: Else, Rise, WeatherThe poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.
Tags: Century, Poetry, ProseWeak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.
Tags: Adversity, Deep, Strong