Quotes by David Hare

David Hare

British Playwright, Director

Lived from: 1947 -

Category: Movie | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 5 june 1947

  • The theatre is the best way of showing the gap between what is said and what is seen to be done, and that is why, ragged and gap-toothed as it is, it has still a far healthier potential than some poorer, abandoned arts.
  • Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.
  • No one but a fool is always right.
  • Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.
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  • Children always turn to the light.
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  • In oratory the will must predominate.
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  • No one but a fool is always right.
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  • Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.
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  • Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature.
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  • Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.
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  • Smiles are the language of love.
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  • Some 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.
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  • Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.
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  • Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.
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  • The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
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  • The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.
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  • The theatre is the best way of showing the gap between what is said and what is seen to be done, and that is why, ragged and gap-toothed as it is, it has still a far healthier potential than some poorer, abandoned arts.
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  • The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.
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  • Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.
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  • To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.
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  • Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.
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What are the most famous quotes from David Hare?

The two most famous quotes from David Hare are:

  • "Children always turn to the light."
  • "In oratory the will must predominate."

When did David Hare live?

David Hare was born in 1947.