King Quotes · Page 29

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

— George Herbert

“If you are strong, torture not the weak, And thus lay not the axe to thy empire.”

— Guru Gobind Singh

The man who can sing when he hasn't got a thing, he's the king of the whole wide world.

— Elvis Presley

“You should pass us by and forgive us our happiness," said the prince in a low voice.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader and an American hero.

— Harry Enten

“Not even the lion is designated as the king of the beasts,”

— Mitch Pacwa

The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.

— Herodotus

By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.

— O. Henry

Louise de Keroualle, being a Frenchwoman from the French court, was feared by most Englishmen for how she might influence their king,…

— Susan Holloway Scott

I want to play King Lear, Macbeth, Benedict, Coriolanus. I wouldn't mind doing Hamlet again. Well, I'm a little old. Perhaps I…

— Roger Rees

A prince who is not himself wise cannot be wisely advised. . . . Good advice depends on the shrewdness of the…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

I would love to meet Martin Luther King. His fearless attitude, leadership, and self-awareness changed our world.

— Zulay Henao

An elephant is the king of the jungle for the simple reason a lion is only brave when there is loads of…

— Dereck Chisora

I would feel really nervous doing something, especially something like one of Stephen King's classic books that meant a lot to me,…

— Matt Duffer

No one told Miles Davis or BB King to pack it in. John Lee Hooker played literally up to the day he…

— Paul Weller

“stopped. Well, he'd been stopped. And the king had been deprived of his most loyal supporter, was suspected of having”

— Karen Hancock

I was called before the king's tribunal like a layman and was deserted in the quarter where I had looked for support.…

— Thomas Becket

“Is it because I'm a girl?" Reluctantly, Bill nodded his head. She looked at him for a moment, her lips trembling, and…

— Stephen King

On March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights activists marched in Selma, Alabama, demanding an end to racial discrimination. The demonstration was…

— Martin Luther King III

My parents named me after Uriah the Hittite, one of King David's mighty men in the Old Testament of the Bible, who…

— Urijah Faber

“The Legacy began: “The duty of a lord of a province is to give peace and security to the people and does…

— James Clavell

In politics, Joseph Smith was something of a radical. He preached, instead of democracy, a version of theocratic rule within a framework…

— Noah Feldman

With The King Center as her base, my mother pressed on to fulfill a role that changed lives and legislation. She was…

— Bernice King

My father was king of the guidebooks and our holidays were always planned, taking us from a great gallery to an ace…

— Olivia Williams

I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty.

— Wesley Snipes

Who cares if you disagree, you are not me, who made you king of anything.

— Sara Barellies

I mean the home run king, to me, is Hank Aaron, but statistically, it's Barry Bonds.

— Joe Buck

All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.

— Anonymous

Bernice King, daughter of MLK, is an assistant pastor at New Birth.

— Anthea Butler

I was born after the Civil Rights Movement. I never saw Martin Luther King alive.

— Cory Booker

Together, for over 50 years, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia have devoted themselves to Spain.

— King Felipe VI

“The woman who preaches has poison religion. Let the respectable ones go”

— Stephen King

I'm a little bit of a makeout king. I don't discriminate too much.

— Pete Wentz

“I’m the king of the jungle. I’m not taking any shit from a living dust mop.”

— Andrea Speed

His Majesty has always been a powerful man. Perhaps he has never had to distinguish between the two.

— Alison Goodman

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

— Ovid

My work has always been rooted in nonviolence, as espoused by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

— Linda Sarsour

I never knew about racial segregation until Martin Luther King.

— Charles Bradley

That aspects are within us; and who seems Most kingly is the King.

— Thomas Hardy

“Even the truest knight cannot protect a king against himself”

— George Raymond Richard Martin