It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god's purpose. Any movement of a liberal nature endangers… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I call myself "The Love King" in all aspects. Poetically speaking, in the bedroom, I love, and in social conflict. — Raheem Devaughn Copy Share Image
This is the Immorality Act of 1927.To prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between Europeans and natives and other acts in relation thereto. Be… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created. — William Morris Copy Share Image
I mean, of course "King Kong" is a metaphor for the slave trade. I'm not saying the makers of "King Kong" meant… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
That I was not dueling with the king, but trying to communicate with him, was itself an incommunicable fact. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I think the most joyous thing in life is to loaf around and watch another bloke do a job of work. Look… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I thought, man, if you could run 100 miles, you'd be in this Zen state. You'd be the f**king Buddha. Bringing peace… — Jenn Shelton Copy Share Image
I probably am. I think Paul Giamatti also said in an interview that I was "f--king crazy." I'm flattered by that. I… — Thomas Haden Church Copy Share Image
Mother said," mocked the king. "Don't be childish." "We're children," Myrcella declared haughtily. "We're supposed to be childish." The Hound laughed. "She… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If God has fit you to be a missionary, I would not have you shrivel down to be a king. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Software is usually accompanied by documentation in the form of big fat scary manuals that nobody ever reads. In fact, for the… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
We may disagree on methods [with Martin Luther King], but we don't have to argue all day on methods. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
When Allah granted Prophet Yoosuf (`alayhis-Salaam) physical beauty it caused him to be locked up in the prison; but when Allah granted… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share Image
I envy no man's nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My… — George Herbert Copy Share Image
People will come up to me everywhere and say, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Larry King,'' and, 'Ah, I saw you on… — Mattie Stepanek Copy Share Image
In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a… — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
Checkers taught me that a King is a man with another man on top of him. But life taught me that that's… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age have left… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
No nation ever taxed itself into prosperity. You could afford your house without the government-if it weren't for the government. Character matters;… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy… — James Shirley Copy Share Image
Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works. — William Penn Copy Share Image
I was my class playwright and I wrote plays set in villages with kings and chiefs.My plays were about treason and betrayals.… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr and executioner; must fasten these images to some reality… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon? What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I was playing once with the King of Samoa. I asked him what his handicap was. "Six wives," he said. — Jack Redmond Copy Share Image
A king or a prince becomes by accident a part of history. A poet or an artist becomes by nature and necessity… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; Bliss is the same in subject or in king. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I'm for the poor man — all poor men, black and white, they all gotta have a chance. They gotta have a… — Huey Long Copy Share Image
You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I learned from Van Morrison and BB King that the first take is the best. It's about capturing a moment. It's the… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
Saudia Arabia takes in half a trillion dollars every year in oil revenue, and the country has a population smaller than New… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
They were strange books. They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, and kings, and he didn't understand any of it. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
If we will be true and faithful to our principles, committed to a life of honesty and integrity, then no king or… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
Amy gritted her teeth. "King Louis XVI even put Franklin's picture on a chamber pot!" Jonah looked at his dad. "Do we… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image