“Royalty pollutes people’s minds, boy. honest men start bowing and bobbing just because someone’s granddad was a bigger murdering bastard than theirs… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The e-book revolution has made it very easy to pay writers a good deal less than what their work is worth. I… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
In America we're in this awful situation, and you know, I hardly get any royalties anymore because music is just stolen from… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
A crown! what is it? It is to bear the miseries of a people! To hear their murmurs, feel their discontents, And… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
What did it mean to be called “lord”? I’ll assume you’ve never had the honor, since I doubt any of you happen… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
People want an idol. They want royalty. They don't want a public servant. Hell no. They want someone to clap for and… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
People used to respect royalty to an insane extent that doesn't exist nowadays. These people never shouted. They never moved, really. Their… — Sofia Boutella Copy Share Image
I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I… — Jo Stafford Copy Share Image
To be a son or daughter of God also means you are royalty. This is the greatest of privileges, but it is… — Heidi Baker Copy Share Image
India allows you the luxury of a million inequalities. You can be a schoolboy selling tea to passengers sitting in a state… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
Big Foster is a guy who was in line to be the head of this clan that's been up in the mountains… — David Morse Copy Share Image
“. She was beautiful, and her temperament seemed much better than his first wife did. Arman stopped in the middle of the… — Grace Willows Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the Queen's prayers, and those of Bernard, had been efficacious, or perhaps Louise had been more attentive in bed, for during… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
Here's the way the licensing works ... If you write a song, nobody can record your song before you do without your… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
“At the negotiations in Irvine, it became clear to me that there was no side I could stand on. The English despise… — Robyn Young Copy Share Image
The use of the word royalty, as fee to a proprietor for the exploitation of a work or property, derives from the… — Elgin Groseclose Copy Share Image
And C++ programming languages, we own those, have licensed them out multiple times, obviously. We have a lot of royalties coming to… — Darl McBride Copy Share Image
Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch. [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre… — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
I think we have reached a level in society - with Helen Mirren playing The Queen - when we're not surprised any… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
I have a work presently in the Press named 'Six Months in Hell' which you may one day read. I consider it… — Amanda McKittrick Ros Copy Share Image
Artists need to be valued. Many of our shows are re-run in other countries. In Hollywood, if a show is being re-run,… — Madhura Naik Copy Share Image
“The pair of us are like salt and sugar: such different flavors, but so close in every other way you could never… — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
Corporations in America are like the royalty in England once was. They're running the whole damn thing. And the rich get richer,… — Joe Don Baker Copy Share Image
...many of the officials, courtiers, and priests, representing the upper class of Egyptian society but not the royalty, looked strikingly like modern… — Carleton S. Coon Copy Share Image
The moment you understand that there is an essence of purity in you, you will realize reality. The moment you realize reality… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
There may be no better way to keep on eye on our leaders' penchant for pretending to royalty than to tally the… — Tom Fitton Copy Share Image
We sign $1 million contracts in Asia and Russia and get treated like royalty but when we are here in America we… — Liz Cambage Copy Share Image
There was a difference between the rock 'n' roll royalty, the woman who was married to or dating a rock star and… — Bebe Buell Copy Share Image
“If you have a dream as a child, but you let it go cold, you will grow old only to realize that… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The Best of Elvis Presley, Doris Day, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Hailey and the Comets, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Frankie Laine all… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
If you make money back from your record, you're doing it smart. It's an expensive hobby. I'm lucky enough to still make… — Robyn Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Power always becomes consolidated back into the hands of very few people... whether they be an economic aristocracy, a royalty, a monarchy… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
After going through years of litigation to get royalties due to him, the guy who coined the term 'happily ever after' lived… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
If you look back at history, the various Maharajas of the Indian empire actually helped support a whole British industry. The royalty… — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
Buying new books supports the writer by providing both a royalty and an audience; a writer whose book sells well has a… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Because several 'Titans' characters have been used in video games, I've got royalty checks for six figures. And I had no knowledge… — George Perez Copy Share Image
I love everything I do and I can still remember the days of cashing my first royalty check for $2. I have… — Rob Dyrdek Copy Share Image
The short-term problems are economic - royalties, unions, irresponsible management. The long-term problems are artistic, and they started 40 years ago with… — Emanuel Azenberg Copy Share Image
An organized effort is making to deceive the people. There are two great enemies of thought and progress, the aristocracy of royalty… — Mary Elizabeth Lease Copy Share Image
“As he was forced to tell his father more than once, “I said I’d fight for my mother’s throne. I never said… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image