Famous quotes containing the words terry, tempest and/or williams:
“It has never been in my power to sustain ... I can pass swiftly from one effect to another, but I cannot fix one, and dwell on it, with that superb concentration which seems to me the special attribute of the tragic actress.”
—Ellen Terry (18471928)
“When from thy shore the tempest beat us back,
I stood upon the hatches in the storm.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“It haunts me, the passage of time. I think time is a merciless thing. I think life is a process of burning oneself out and time is the fire that burns you. But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary.”
—Tennessee Williams (19141983)