The royal family's existence is a constant reminder of the hollowness of John Major's rhetoric, and idiotic statements by its leading members… — Alastair Campbell Copy Share Image
I think the British learn their history through the prism of this gallery of grotesques known as the royals. — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
Charles II once invited the members of the Royal Society to explain to him why a dead fish weighs more than the… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
Say not that thou hast royal blood in thy veins; say not that thou art born of God if thou canst not… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
No one has put in harder training to become a royal bride than the glossy-haired Kate Middleton. — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
The heroes of obtrusiveness, people with whom no soldier would lie down in the trenches, though he has to submit to being… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
I combined theatre and films with live TV, such as 'The Royal Variety Show,' performing sketches opposite Bob Hope and Maurice Chevalier. — Shirley Eaton Copy Share Image
I dreamt of becoming a ballet dancer. I studied with the Royal Academy of London for 11 years, and that did not… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Wimbledon is getting a bit too like Royal Ascot. It's not what happens or who wins so much, as what clothes do… — David Lloyd Copy Share Image
Today is indeed an historic occasion when as a first chair-in-office woman I hand over to another woman chair in office, your… — Kamla Persad-Bissessar Copy Share Image
I would love to do a small indie comedy, like a Wes Anderson movie or, like, an ensemble comedy like 'The Royal… — Jerry Trainor Copy Share Image
LTCM lost money when Russia defaulted on a certain class of bonds, and then they had other investments like on the spread… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
It is the highest and most legitimate pride of an Englishman to have the letters M.P. written after his name. No selection… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars - all over Europe, all over the world. "Sometimes in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't recruit me and he said: 'Well, Walt, we took… — Walt Garrison Copy Share Image
Royal blood isn't blue, it is a jaundiced shade of red and riddled with broken chromosomes — Dean Cavanagh Copy Share Image
I sometimes, in my sprightly moments, consider myself, in my great chair at school, as some dictator at the head of a… — John Adams Copy Share Image
He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
This [Magna Carta] has been forced from the King. It constitutes an insult to the Holy See, a serious weakening of the… — Pope Innocent III Copy Share Image
Instead of having to be a member of the Royal Society to do science, the way you had to be in England… — Seth Lloyd Copy Share Image
Phresine showed him where he could sleep, in an interior room with no windows, a narrow bed, and a washstand. There were… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I know not which I love the most, Nor which the comeliest shows, The timid, bashful violet Or the royal-hearted rose: The… — Phoebe Cary Copy Share Image
What! I don't care about being a princess! And since I'm already a young lady, how else could I behave? That's like… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
We cut these numerous windings in our destinies daily with our own hands, while we imagine that we are pursuing a track… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image