I was much an enemy to monarchies before I came to Europe. I am ten thousand times more so, since I have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
My Rama, the Rama of our prayers, is not the historical Rama, the son of Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
At Ken Lay's funeral service the minister compared him to Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. The difference is Dr. King had a… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I would sign to… — Gerry Cooney Copy Share Image
Back in the day, when the emperor or the king or whatever waged war, they went to war, too. But that's been… — Daron Malakian Copy Share Image
He hated games they made the world look too simple. Chess, in particular, had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue.… — Margot Asquith Copy Share Image
"Write that down," the King said to the jury, and the jury eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
If only Ed Fleming had a mother who gave such sound advice. The manager of Wazoo's, a downtown Denver restaurant, Fleming is… — J. R. Moehringer Copy Share Image
I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him. — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
'The Grace of Kings' draws on Western traditions as much as it does on Chinese traditions, though the bones of the story… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
Since you are not a prophet, follow the way taught by prophets. Since you are not a king, be a loyal subject… — Rumi Copy Share Image
There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people governed by grave… — Rufus Choate Copy Share Image
He loves me, and I reward his love by forcing on him something he hates. In the evening, after we dance, he… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How did you hear about that?' 'Are you kidding me? So far, I had that runt Kyle-' 'I hate him. I hate… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
To call a king "Prince" is pleasing, because it diminishes his rank. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I'm f**king pathetic when it comes to being an entertainer. People come because they want to see me have a nervous breakdown. — Mark Linkous Copy Share Image
You know I got kicked out of high school and I used to go to Hendrix concerts. I used to go see… — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
“When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases. — Diogenes Copy Share Image
She could only write with him at night and she was wasting her days just sitting around. So he thought I could… — Cynthia Weil Copy Share Image
My mother had heard all about miniskirts but had never seen one so I took her for lunch at Alvaro's [in Chelsea].… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
What we are told of the inhabitants of Brazil, that they never die but of old age, is attributed to the tranquility… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
That was what they did with themselves, those two Gracelings, along with a small band of friends: They stirred up trouble on… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
for my grief's so great That no supporter but the huge firm earth Can hold it up: here I and sorrows sit;… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Well Lord, I'm still on the case. I'm still doing what Dr. King and Pops want me to do. I'm still on… — Mavis Staples Copy Share Image
A judgment pronounced in accordance with the facts can therefore assign to it an historical place only within that movement of reformation… — Julius Wellhausen Copy Share Image
Artificial lighting, air-conditioning, and automobiles, all powered by fossil fuels, swaddle us in our giddy modernity. In our ergonomic chairs and acoustical-panel… — Charles C. Mann Copy Share Image
With people's revolutionary rage, the king will be ousted and a democratic state, Islamic Republic, will be established. — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
There's a gap somehow between empathy and activism. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of 'soul force' - something that emanates… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
The Bible goes equally to the cottage of the peasant, and the palace of the king. - It is woven into literature,… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
We got through all of Genesis and part of Exodus before I left. One of the main things I was taught from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled. — Vanessa Hudgens Copy Share Image
I just know I'm too much of a wuss for Stephen King's books. I'm way too chicken to read horror. — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy in Worcestershire reading history books I never thought I should have to interfere between a king… — Stanley Baldwin Copy Share Image