Theatrics Quotes

“For some, life may be a playground to undermine the brainwaves of others or simply a vainglorious game with an armory of theatrics, illustrating only bleak self-deception, haughty narcissism and dim deficiency in empathy. ("Another empty room")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Surely you know that whatever the play, the curtain always falls at the end.”
― Bandi, The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea

“It was definitely a rare situation, in which a career had started and ended simultaneously on a very high note.”
― Pawan Mishra, Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy

“It seems all spirits need theatrics, eh? Even Christ himself requires incense and holy water. We're a skeptical people. We need convincing.”
― Megan Chance, The Spiritualist

“You see, Evey, all the world's a stage. And everything else...

... is vaudeville.”
― Alan Moore

“I am condemned to a theatrical destiny.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, The General in His Labyrinth

“There was a muffled cry and the sound of furious flapping of feathers, and then a pair of ravens descended carrying a heavy cloth between them. They set it on the desk, screamed, and flew back up into the star-filled sky in a flurry of black feathers. Even the arrival of dinner was a dramatic production here.”
― Sarah K.L. Wilson, Dance with the Sword

“MUUUAHAHAHA! TREMBLE, MORTAL! FEAR THE EVER‑PRESENT TOUCH OF THE REAPER!’ Bob’s plastic scythe bent at a forty‑five‑degree angle as he struck a dramatic pose in squeaky orthopedic sneakers. The Truth Parrot added, ‘He says, despite overwhelming empirical evidence that no human being has been frightened by his antics since the late winter of 1994.”
― Belinda Kelderhouse, The Twilight Home: Weird and wonderful tales of life and death at a rather unusual retirement home…

“He had been around politicians for a long time, and he was prepared for some outburst.”
― Stephen L. Carter, Back Channel