Royalty Quotes · Page 5

The honor we receive from those that fear us, is not honor; those respects are paid to royalty and not to me.

— Michel de Montaigne

To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. [Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.]

— Cardinal Richelieu

For dogs we kings should have lions, and for cats, tigers. The great benefits a crown.

— Victor Hugo

I think I'm always interested in the people who aren't generals or master spies or royalty. The people caught in the crossfire.

— Leigh Bardugo

Royalty is either going to do very well with cloning, or it's going to disappear completely.

— Douglas Coupland

“Even when she's dethroned by hardship, she still wears the sun as a crown.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones

I will say that I'm proud of my connection to DC comics because they are absolutely fabulous in sending reprint royalty checks.

— Mike Royer

I am grateful I got the chance to meet Stevie Wonder! He's like royalty to me and is one of my biggest…

— Hunter Hayes

But he always licked to get visitors alone in the billiard room and tell them stories about a mysterious lady, a foreign…

— Anonymous

I am being embezzled from by this monstrous ring of accountants and estate planners and lawyers, who are mercilessly slandering me and…

— Randy Quaid

This has been a long and tiring battle for 10 years. And I'm glad it's finally resolved. My principles and reputation as…

— Irene Cara

“...for he of all men knew how dangerously stubborn Henry Fitz Empress could be. There were faint bloodstains upon the tiles in…

— Sharon Kay Penman

In my songs I make it a point that the original singers get the credit and royalty. Like with 'Jehda Nasha,' we…

— Tanishk Bagchi

“Oh honey, someday a real man is going to make you see stars and you won't even be looking at the sky."…

— Grace Willows

With Spotify and all those streaming services, you don't get paid anything. You have to be, like, Madonna or something to actually…

— Ty Segall

I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I…

— Elizabeth I

The word coach comes from the old English word coach, which was a vehicle, a carriage that took royalty or very important…

— Timothy Gallwey

Every farmer must go to the seed industry every year to buy their seed and pay an 80 percent royalty to a…

— Vandana Shiva

Record industry's not so much against artists, but certain people are just wicked people that sit up in the industry who go…

— Afrika Bambaataa

An absolute and unlimited right over any object of property would be the right to commit nearly every crime.If Ihad sucha right…

— Jeremy Bentham

“This apartment, which you no doubt profanely suppose to be the shop of Will Wimble the undertaker --a man whom we know…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“It is important to note, however, that these two loves can be more prevalent among commoners than among the great; more prevalent…

— Emanuel Swedenborg

Several people, not just reviewers, took me to task for writing about what they called the working classes - something I've been…

— Martin Amis

The big, big block in the Arthur/Merlin friendship is the status issue, that Merlin is the servant and Arthur is royalty, and…

— Colin Morgan

[On public events attended by royalty:] It was the usual 'zoo tea.' You know, we eat - the others watch.

— Princess Margaret

From the first day I joined that family, nothing could be done naturally any more.

— Princess Diana

Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man.

— Jeff Bridges

“On the list of european royalty's leisure activities, "overrunning Poland" has historically been a close second to "sex".”

— mental floss

Treating your lovers like royalty all the time can lead them to treat you like a peasant.

— Hussein Nishah

I would say the hummingbird really deserves the royalties on [some of my songs].

— Leonard Cohen

Golf seems to me an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dogs out.

— Anne, Princess Royal

Catherine the Great, like others of her kind, did not succeed in imparting greatness to her descendants.

— Katharine Anthony

This is the city that taught me how to write all of these cool songs. Yeah, you guys definitely need a royalty.

— Katy Perry

“The king is a saint and cannot rule, and his son is a devil and should not.”

— Philippa Gregory

You smell a rose through a fence: If two should smell it, what matter?

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve…

— Mary Kay Ash

Oh, I know my family's not of royal blood, but you needn't throw it in my face all the time.

— Robert N. Lee

We've had incredibly huge obstacles in our way - no tapes, no royalties, no cooperation on any level - and we sort…

— Kevin Shields

What is it about royalty - even if you're a confirmed republican - that is dramatically interesting?

— Prunella Scales

Its not my fault that you didnt know you were marrying into royalty!

— AnnMarie Rojas