The greater the privilege, the more hidden the arrogance. The Emperor of China need not exist. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“You don't need to work hard to earn an empire; there is an army of slaves to do it for you.” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
We have feudal governments in a commercial age. It would be but an easy extension of our commercial system, to pay a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There are still a lot of Mike Tyson fans out there, and a lot of disbelievers in the first fight, and they… — Lennox Lewis Copy Share Image
If it had not been for the English I should have been emperor of the East, but wherever there is water to… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Ethiopia is engraved on my heart. I first went in 1973 because I heard of a terrible famine. They were denying it… — Jonathan Dimbleby Copy Share Image
I think Malcolm Forbes got kicked out of our school and [Ethiopian Emperor] Hallie Selassie's grandkids went there, too. Because of security… — Malaak Shabazz Copy Share Image
I would rather win souls than be the greatest king or emperor on earth; I would rather win souls than be the… — R. A. Torrey Copy Share Image
Lee Marvin was just the best. Just the best. And that was the beginning of a friendship that lasted until he died.… — Keith Carradine Copy Share Image
Not a piece of architecture, as other buildings are, but the proud passions of an emperor's love wrought in living stones. — Edwin Arnold Copy Share Image
There is credible evidence that a Chinese fleet went as far as the coast of Africa, in present-day Kenya. It was the… — Russell Freedman Copy Share Image
Let the emperor make war on heaven; let him lead heaven captive in his triumph; let him put guards on heaven; let… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The intellectual was rejected and persecuted at the precise moment when the facts became incontrovertible, when it was forbidden to say that… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome. — John Foxe Copy Share Image
But as for me, Emperor, nature has not given me stature, age has marred my face, and my strength is impaired by… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Having a baby isn't so bad. If you're a female Emperor penguin in the Antarctic. She lays the egg, rolls it over… — L. M. Boyd Copy Share Image
Germany's greatness makes it impossible for her to do without the ocean, but the ocean also proves that even in the distance,… — Wilhelm II Copy Share Image
My fake Japanese was smooth enough to earn me the title of 'The Emperor of Pleasing Graciousness' in that country. — Wolfman Jack Copy Share Image
If a supernatural power tries to make you a saint or an emperor, refuse it, because the greatest beauty of life hides… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Of one thing be certain: if a CEO is enthused about a particularly foolish acquisition, both his internal staff and his outside… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Through a historical catastrophe - the destruction of Jerusalem by the emperor of Rome - I was born in one of the… — Shmuel Yosef Agnon Copy Share Image
