“Milord, Knight in Shining Armor, methinks thou hast a present in thy chamber.” — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Goering was known to wear togas, fur coats and faux-medieval hunting outfits. — Richard Overy Copy Share Image
“At least I’m the one leaving. It’s so much easier to leave than to be left.” — Stefan Emunds Copy Share Image
Opinion is the companion of probability within the medieval epistemology. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
“Hot-blooded men make war. It’s up to cool-headed queens like us to make the peace.” — Mark Noce Copy Share Image
And psychedelics now, as we de-condition ourselves from the post-medieval world, they are present to hand as tools. — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“I remember the fire, it burns bright, always around me. I close my eyes, and tears stream out. The tides of the… — Ned Hayes Copy Share Image
“They were ancient history. They were so ancient they made ancient history look modern. Well, okay . . . maybe medieval.” — Roberta Pearce Copy Share Image
“Then you are no longer afraid of death, Your Majesty?” the lady asked, awed at the queen’s adventures. “No, I am no… — Constance Jagodzinski Copy Share Image
We are living in modern times throughout the world and yet are dominated by medieval minds. — Eqbal Ahmad Copy Share Image
A fantasy novel set in something other than medieval Europe, featuring an almost entirely black cast, is considered risky. — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“The fantastic graces of Chivalry lay upon the surface of life, but beneath it was a half-savage population, fierce and animal, with… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“I never was the type of noblewoman to stay by the hearth while the men rode into battle anyway. As my father… — Mark Noce Copy Share Image
As you travel around medieval England you will come across a sport described by some contemporaries as 'abominable ... more common, undignified… — Ian Mortimer Copy Share Image
A seventeenth-century house can be recognized by its steep roof, massive central chimney and utter porchlessness. Some of those houses have a… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“My good friends, things cannot go on well in England, nor ever will until everything shall be in common, when there shall… — John Ball Copy Share Image
“Considering that Timur had ignored every instrument of government except terror, it is remarkable his immediate successors managed to retain control of… — Colin McEvedy Copy Share Image
There is an old joke about socialism as the synthesis of the highest achievements of the whole human history to date: from… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
The medieval ideas of the "wild wood" was like a cupboard into which they stuffed everything they were afraid of - Wodwose,… — John Matthews Copy Share Image
We think of medieval England as being a place of unbelievable cruelty and darkness and superstition. We think of it as all… — Terry Jones Copy Share Image
Anyone who has studied the history of technology knows that technological change is always a Faustian bargain: Technology giveth and technology taketh… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
I had in mind going worse than waterboarding. It's enough. We have right now a country that's under siege. It's under siege… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
To make sure that my blasphemy is thoroughly expressed, I hereby state my opinion that the notion of a god is a… — James Randi Copy Share Image
Humanity today is like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real world. The mind… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Paul Ryan, who teamed up with Akin in the House to sponsor harsh anti-abortion bills, may look young and hip and new… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“In this martial world dominated by men, women had little place. The Church's teachings might underpin feudal morality, yet when it came… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
In the medieval tradition, Beksinski seems to believe art to be a forewarning about the fragility of the flesh– whatever pleasures we… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
Economics, we learn in the history of thought, only became a science by escaping from the casuistry and moralizing of medieval thought. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
I may not dress like Satan anymore, but I’m still down with the Devil and I will go medieval on your ass. — The Undertaker Copy Share Image
It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a medieval subject home to my generation was… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
Your chances of dying a violent death are 1/500th of what they used to be during medieval times. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
I do more research about 'Lumberjanes' than I did for a story of medieval knights. — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
“She would but be repaid by my taking her to wife, and that I could not grant her, for love cometh of… — Rupert S. Holland Copy Share Image
Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
