Royalty Quotes · Page 6

The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy.

— Aristotle

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions.

— Walter Bagehot

A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.

— George Eliot

The animated books pay the lowest rates at the Big Two and you can forget about royalties.

— Mark Millar

I hope royalty continues forever. This is the thing that can contribute to peace throughout the world.

— Yayoi Kusama

I didn't earn that much in record royalties. You've only got to look at my sales in 1980 to figure that one out.

— Paul McCartney

I stand in support of royalty for singers, but sometimes things happen all of a sudden and you have to sign a…

— Javed Ali

I gave birth to most of them MC's... So when it comes around to the month of May, Send me your royalty…

— Roxanne Shante

That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before…

— Karl Kraus

In addition, the oil royalties the Federal Government does not collect from big oil will starve the Land and Water Conservation Fund…

— Ron Kind

The ever-rising cost of living: Someday soon, the corporate technicians will be locking meters on our noses and charging us a royalty…

— Edward Abbey

In the early days of films, the movie star in this country replaced royalty. They've been demoted since then but they're still…

— Paul Newman

It was pretty insane to play the Grammy Awards and looking out in the audience and seeing rock royalty - Bono and…

— Orianthi

Just as a flower needs the sun to bloom fully, I need you by my side to live life as a Queen,…

— Anonymous

The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness, Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them,…

— William Shakespeare

I learned that not only am I a descendant of slaves, but that I am also a descendant of royalty, that there…

— Cuba Gooding, Jr

I've been getting publishing royalties and stuff like that. I have just been lucky. They come in at the right time. Sometimes…

— Pharoah Sanders

“What infinite heart's-ease Must kings neglect, that private men enjoy! And what have kings, that privates have not too, Save ceremony, save…

— William Shakespeare

We have inherited a fear of memories of slavery. It is as if to remember and acknowledge slavery would amount to our…

— Angela Davis

How you treat the quiet, shy types is the most important. If you leave them to sit in a corner, they will…

— Geoffrey Zakarian

Indeed, the existence of class, of social hierarchy, is as old as man himself. It prevails in the jungle where strength determines…

— F. Sionil Jose

Today, a large part of Peru's revenues come from mining. Many big mining companies only pay income tax, but they extract minerals,…

— Ollanta Humala

The Web took off in all its glory because it was a royalty-free infrastructure . . . When I invented the Web,…

— Tim Berners-Lee

All of the guests on 'Faces of America' were deeply moved by what we revealed about their ancestry. We were able to…

— Henry Louis Gates

“My arrival saved the kingdom, while his only reiterated that his blood would fill the throne one day.”

— Mindy McGinnis

“There’s a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings.”

— Michelle Cooper

A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.

— Ben Jonson

“God Doesn't Give Me Crumbs...I am His Princess So He Makes Feast For Me Instead!”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

I think he supersedes Peyton Manning but let's not throw Tom Brady in the category with Joe Montana, who was 4-for-4. He's…

— Deion Sanders

The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach. [The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]

— George Herbert

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the…

— Honore de Balzac

Knowest thou not that kings have long hands? [Lat., An nescis longos regibus esse manus?]

— Ovid

I'll go through the budgets for tours and recordings, royalty statements... You have to wise up about it a bit more.

— Katie Melua

There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings.

— Sarah Moore Grimke

“I didn't want to be royalty. And I didn't want to be a One. I didn't even want to try.”

— kiera cass

There's nothing like a man that loves his woman with loyalty and treats her like royalty.

— Lucas Hunter

We've become so glorified in the movie-star system that it's become this artificial royalty. The truth is that we're circus clowns.

— Nicolas Cage

The gates of monarchs Are arched so high that giants may jet through And keep their impious turbans on without Good morrow…

— William Shakespeare

“You are enough to drive a saint to madness or a king to his knees.”

— Grace Willows

Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors.

— Elsa Maxwell