History records the names of royal bastards, but cannot tell us the origin of wheat. — Jean-Henri Fabre Copy Share Image
God's will! my liege, would you and I alone, Without more help, could fight this royal battle! — William Shakespeare 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
May all Christians be found worthy of either the pure white crown of a holy life or the royal red crown of… — Cyprian Copy Share Image
I'm not an anarchist, but I believe that people don't want the royal family - the so-called royal family. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Decent responsible parents are a royal pain- that's how you know when you have them [such parents]. — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
Never criticize the composition of a Royal Highness. You never know who may have written it. — Johannes Brahms Copy Share Image
His Majesty the King requires that the Royal Chancellery in all written documents endeavor to write in clear, plain Swedish. — Charles XII of Sweden Copy Share Image
Bernie Ebbers and Ken Lay were caricatures - they were easy to spot. They were almost psychopaths. But it's much harder to… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I had my appendix removed in my 20s. I was in the middle of a play with Helen Mirren at the Royal… — Cherie Lunghi Copy Share Image
The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The past is buried deep within the ground in Rabat, although the ancient walls in the old city are still standing, painted… — Raquel Cepeda Copy Share Image
Even someone as photographed and aware of the camera as members of the royal family needs to feel completely comfortable if they… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
People settle for so much less because they find their identities in the world's fickle and untrue opinions. God made you royal… — Lacey Mosley 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
His [Sam Fuller] self-discipline was amazing. No matter what happened, he'd always go out to his Royal Upright typewriter and just keep… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
The slightest force, when it is applied to assist and guide the natural descent of its object, operates with irresistible weight; and… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The invention of writs was really the making of the English Common Law; and the credit of this momentous achievement, which took… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
Another last-minute, good-deed job,” Royce grumbled as he stuffed supplies into his saddlebag. “True,” Hadrian said, slinging his sword belt over his… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
The Holy Night We sate among the stalls at Bethlehem; The dumb kine from their fodder turning them, Softened their horned faces… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
Those who say we should dismantle the role of Poet Laureate altogether, the trick they miss is that being called this thing,… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
Turn the anger of the Almighty against the godless Turks and Barbarians who despise Christ the Lord…In the royal city of the… — Pope Pius II Copy Share Image
Neil Armstrong was no Christopher Columbus. In most respects, he was better. Unlike the famous fifteenth century seafarer, Armstrong knew where he… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
Who can assure us that we will be alive tomorrow? Let us listen to the voice of our conscience, to the voice… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
In fact, the Gospel shows us change comes from the bottom rather than the top, from an old rugged cross rather than… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
The Council of the Royal Society is a collection of men who elect each other to office and then dine together at… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
But big people’s illnesses are always made to sound big. The simple shutting and opening of the royal arse-hole was made to… — Khushwant Singh Copy Share Image
Top-shelf fiction, a Crown Royal ride into the heart of Night and New York. Con Lehane's work is reminiscent of the best… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
I obviously wanted to play for the Kansas City Royals. (Laughter) I also knew that was far-fetched. The truth is I don't… — Josh Earnest Copy Share Image
Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may… — Jeffrey Kluger 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
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
Because of the earlier loss of the two elder siblings, my brother and I lived a very pampered and protected life. Nursemaids… — Charles K. Kao Copy Share Image
When the Quaker Penn kept his hat on in the royal presence, Charles (King Charles II) politely removed his, explaining that it… — Arthur Bryant Copy Share Image
My dad had a small suitcase stuffed with photos, mementoes from wherever he'd traveled as a Royal Navy gunner. Not that he… — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
To dance with a man is to concentrate a twelvemonth's regulation fire upon him in the fragment of an hour. To pass… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Be strong and of good courage. You are truly royal spirit daughters of Almighty God. You are princesses, destined to become queens.… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most important contribution to science that the Royal Society has made in its three centuries of existence is its early… — Julian Schwinger Copy Share Image
What royal families are very good at doing is surviving and reinventing themselves. That's true whether it's a constitutional monarchy in Britain… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
When other helpers fail and comforts flee, when the senses decay and the mind moves in a narrower and narrower circle, when… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image