What good would it be to fight a war with the British and end up with your own king? Nobody had any… — Kevin Gutzman Copy Share Image
Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king. — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
They are Nietzsche's over-men, these primitive Albanians - something between kings and tigers. — Henry Noel Brailsford Copy Share Image
Saying the lion is kind of the beasts says something about lions and also something about kings. — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
Knowest thou not that kings have long hands? [Lat., An nescis longos regibus esse manus?] — Ovid Copy Share Image
History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created. — William Morris Copy Share Image
Reason is like an officer when the king appears. The officer then loses his power and hides himself. Reason is the shadow… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
...even the smallest of the starlings' concerns grew in importance until it seemed equal to the worries of kings. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear,… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
It is our hope that when people read "March" - Book One, Book Two, and Book Three - that they will understand… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Amnesty is the magnet. Other magnets that you mentioned are anchor babies who get benefits in this country and employer deductions for… — Virgil Goode Copy Share Image
My father firmly embraced the Ralph Kramden philosophy: he was king of his Levittown castle. He worked hard, and his family deferred… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
If I had written King Lear, I would regret it all my life afterwards. Because that work is so big, that its… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas,… — David Friedman Copy Share Image
Contemporary fantasists all bow politely to Lord Tennyson and Papa Tolkien, then step around them to go back to the original texts… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
I was over in Australia during Easter, which was really interesting. You know, they celebrate Easter the exact same way we do,… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
in that small [time] most greatly lived this star of England: Fortune made his sword, By which the world's best garden he… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
"The myths," says Horace in his Ars Poetica, "have been invented by wise men to strengthen the laws and teach moral truths."… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
I was in King Lear with Sir Tom Courtenay at The Royal Exchange in Manchester. In fact, that's where I met my… — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
We are with Europe but not of it. We are linked, not combined. We are interested and associated, not absorbed. And should… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Somehow, she had grown into a woman in between the fall of kings and collapse of worlds. Once she had been terrified… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
How highly should we honor the Macedonians, who for the greater part of their lives never cease from fighting with the barbarians… — Polybius Copy Share Image
The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
Meek and drake happen to be two of the young kings with strong voices and followings that give people hope I hope… — Styles P Copy Share Image
Strong reasons make strong actions let us go If you say ay, the king will not say no. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I don't want any man I can run over. What I love about a man in control is it allows them to… — Angie Stone Copy Share Image
For one to grasp, whatever be his object, sov'reign power ... is an act of perilous presumption. — Vittorio Alfieri Copy Share Image
Alas, our rulers are not gods, but puny, fallible men, like the kings who constantly forget their parts, and we common men… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom. — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King's son. — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
If Martin [Luther King, Jr.]'s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn't have bin Ladens. — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
To clothe the fiery thought In simple words succeeds, For still the craft of genius is To mask a king in weeds. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
On Friday a thief, on Sunday a King...the man Jesus Christ laid death in his grave! — John Mark McMillan Copy Share Image
There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
Most people want Jesus as a consultant rather than a King, and He does not come that way. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Let's Face it, - Sinatra is a king. He's a very sharp operator, a keen record chief, and has a keen appreciation… — Bing Crosby Copy Share Image
My music speaks of warriors. It speaks of women being kings and this sense of pride of being more, even though you… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden. — Mose Allison Copy Share Image