The Bard of Wasilla
Sarah Palin
used Twitter to laugh off accidentally coining a new word, "refudiate." She joked that since Shakespeare coined new words, why shouldn't she? Word nerds and literary buffs didn't take kindly to Palin comparing herself to Shakespeare, and turned her quip into comedic gold. Hence, the #shakespalin hashtag, where
... Twitter users write Shakespearean quotes, Palin-style. Check out the quippiest (did we make that word up, too?) tweets. (And then see pictures of Palin's life since the election.) MORE
Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3
Polonius:
Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
Hamlet:
...Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
Hamlet:
To be, or not to be: that is the question.
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
Hamlet:
To be, or not to be: that is the question.
Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1
Lady Macbeth:
Here’s the smell of the blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
Romeo:
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
Juliet:
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7
Jaques:
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
Richard the Third, Act 5, Scene 4
King Richard:
A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!
Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 2
Mark Antony:
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
