“The Empire does not require that its servants love each other, merely that they perform their duty.” — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Modernity is a shifting entity, not easily defined. Exactly the same is true of empire. — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Turkey has never been colonized, so it remained as an independent nation after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
So what if America loses its empire? We never should have had one in the first place. — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
“Create a position that an enemy and haters will lose when you disappear, then name it empire” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The empire of woman is an empire of softness, of address, of complacency. Her commands are caresses, her menaces are tears. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The achieved West had given the United States something that no people had ever had before, an internal, domestic empire. — Bernard DeVoto Copy Share Image
In just a few years, I have turned my small company into a multi-million dollar makeup empire. — Jeffree Star Copy Share Image
I have a few properties, some in the U.K., some in the States, some in Kosovo. It's a nice little empire -… — Rita Ora Copy Share Image
When I was young and the empire was beginning to disintegrate, the idea was absolutely unbelievable, particularly to children who'd been taught… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
I feel like we are reintroducing historical figures, with the explorer Marco Polo and the grandson of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, the… — Benedict Wong Copy Share Image
The British Empire was so vast and so powerful, the sun would never set on it. This is how big it was,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
As any Brit will understand, things get a little easier when you don't have to be number one any more. Really, the… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
My family and I have been blessed with good fortune in the world of business. We've created quite a net worth. My… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
All through the years of the Soviet empire, its Politburo held 'elections.' Of course, calling something an election and actually having it… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
Basically, what Economic Hit Men are trained to do is to build up the American empire. To create situations where as many… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
“It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
“Throughout the world what remains of the vast public spaces are now only the stuff of legends: Robin Hood’s forest, the Great… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the 19th century, when Muslims were looking at Europe as an example, they were independent; they were more self-confident. In the… — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
When I work with artists, I give them a general guideline of what my vision is. Then they're going to speak their… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
I've worked with a lot of gay and lesbian organizations. I sit on the board of the Empire State Pride Agenda. I've… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
“The Age of Intellect is accompanied by surprising advances in natural science. In the ninth century, for example, in the age of… — John Bagot Glubb Copy Share Image
I met Nikkhil Advani some time back and expressed my willingness to work with him. And then, he came back to me… — Dino Morea Copy Share Image
The Romans have provided a lot of writers with a model for various interstellar empires, of course, and no wonder. The Roman… — Ann Leckie Copy Share Image
Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it's *because* they sat there that… — Ryan Bingham Copy Share Image
I'm going to build an empire. I'm always writing for someone else. I want to be someone who has her fingerprints all… — Charli XCX Copy Share Image
I'd love to do something on 'Mad Men' and 'Boardwalk Empire.' I really like period stuff. — Jeremy Allen White Copy Share Image
“Sublime wonders lie in store, I am shown a regal residence; a mighty kingdom, an empire with more grandeur than before ...” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
The British especially have no excuse for forgetting that empire is a most complex and persistent beast. And it has claws. — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Our Revolution emerged where it was least expected by the empire, in a hemisphere where it was used to acting like an… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
When I started the 'Broken Empire' trilogy, I thought it was a short story, and I didn't know the beginning, middle, or… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“That's how tyranny succeeds. When folks think it won't affect them until eventually it does.” — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
I've got a lot that I want to do, so I would like to expand my empire, for sure. I love it. — Victoria Beckham Copy Share Image
The American empire will not disappear... because America does not have an empire. — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
The United States is now The Empire. There isn't an empire; there's The Empire, and that empire is the United States. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
“A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
I saw 'The Empire Strikes Back' the week that it came out. My father was a huge 'Star Wars' fan. And so… — Donald Faison Copy Share Image
I have my own dying empire to contend with, and I do not wish for any other. — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“Has there ever been a country that, once colonized, avoided civil war?” — Roma Tearne Copy Share Image
“The foundations of Empire are often occasions of woe; their dismemberment, always.” — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
