I never set out really to build a financial empire or to be a wealthy man. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Too much of the Brexit rhetoric is based on the desire to go out and re-create Empire. — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Rome didn't create an Empire by holding meetings - they did it by killing their enemies. — Chris Johnson Copy Share Image
Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
The English sent all their bores abroad, and acquired the Empire as a punishment. — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
“An empire cannot be destroyed from without till it is destroyed from within.” — Pierce Brown Copy Share Image
“the very definition of a Republic, is "an Empire of Laws, and not of men.” — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
Return of the Jedi' has always been favorite. It almost goes backwards for me. 'Return of the Jedi,' then 'Empire,' then 'Star… — Brook Lopez Copy Share Image
If I go anywhere where there are people who vaguely look like me, there is always that feeling of, 'Actually I do… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
I want to have an empire. I like being in front of the camera, performing - but I would like to get… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
I got to thinking about the Book of Revelation that was written by a Jewish prophet who was also a follower of… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
“I am sick of the quarrels of nations and kings, and I would not give a ha'pence for any empire other than… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
The dream of empire died when Shanghai surrendered without a fight. Even at the age of 11 or 12, I knew that… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“The Empire is all those who live within its borders, from the nobles to the lowest servant, even the slaves who work… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
'Greenleaf' is nothing like 'Empire.' I think 'Empire' stands alone in what they are doing. It's a wonderful show. The only thing… — Deborah Joy Winans Copy Share Image
I'm for fighting a war on terrorism, not a war in Southwest Asia that Alexander the Great couldn't win, the British Empire… — Kurt Schrader Copy Share Image
One's teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
The fall of Empire, gentlemen, is a massive thing, however, and not easily fought. It is dictated by a rising bureaucracy, a… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Seventeen years after its intial release, The Empire Strikes Back is still as thrilling and involving as ever. Because of the high… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
“If we are considering the history of our own country, we write at length of the periods when our ancestors were prosperous… — John Bagot Glubb Copy Share Image
“The Sun Tzu School (which wrote the Art of War) surely never imagined that their antiwar, pro-empire treatise would become known and… — David G. Jones Copy Share Image
“But Palestinians do respond overwhelmingly with love. Just as the Indigenous populations of an entire hemisphere, subjected to the largest genocide in… — Omar El Akkad Copy Share Image
“I got tired of constantly watching shrewd little bullies like you walk around like you mean something, like you’re better than the… — Christopher Rankin Copy Share Image
“The empires collapsed to rubble. Skyscrapers dragged down to the ground. It was chaos. I could smell the end. It smells of… — Moonshine Noire Copy Share Image
I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself — Peter the Great Copy Share Image