Britain Quote by Arthur C. Clarke Download Open image ““In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped.”” — Arthur C. Clarke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Britain Englishmen Knighthood Latter days
“Should we Knights, in years to come, dwindle into memory, perhaps the world will recall that in the days of our demise we stood,… — A.S. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Knights do protect ladies, but only to keep them from being abducted by other knights.” — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“You've always been your own knight, riding to your rescue. I'm just the man who came along and saw how brightly your armor shone.” — Courtney Milan Copy Share Image
“If I'd thought I would regret it," he said calmly, "I never would have made that oath. I knew what becoming a knight would… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
“Cromwell, suppose you’d been away from England for seven years? If you’d been like a knight in a story, lying under an enchantment? You… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“But I am a knight of the Round Table," he protested, weakly. "I am a protector of the realm, a slayer of evil, I… — Tanya Huff Copy Share Image
“There's blood pounding through the Duke's head. Knighthood is glory, he's thinking, not just grace in the saddle and at swordplay, but courage enough… — Vanora Bennett Copy Share Image
“Justice. There is only one thing for which a knight has no patience: injustice. Every true knight fights for human dignity at all times.” — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
“-like maintaining the grounds of a castle when the knight, fallen in battle, will never be returning” — Richard Blow Copy Share Image
“Sir, people never wanted me to make it to squire. They won't like it any better if I become a knight. I doubt I'll… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
“...You think I lead these people for my own whim? I lead these people, honorable knight, because they have no one but me. Because… — Hilari Bell Copy Share Image
Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware,… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
We cannot predict the new forces, powers, and discoveries that will be disclosed to us when we reach the other planets and set up… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I am unable to distinguish clearly between your religious ceremonies and apparently identical behavior at the sporting and cultural functions you have transmitted to… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
You can't have it both ways. You can't have both free will and a benevolent higher power who protects you from yourself. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Nowhere in space will we rest our eyes upon the familiar shapes of trees and plants, or any of the animals that share our… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“The universe is full of energy, but much of it is at equilibrium. At equilibrium no energy can flow, and therefore it cannot be… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Here the trees surrounded them with an invisible, anechoic blanket, so that every word seemed sucked into silence the moment it was uttered.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“I’m a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Pure coincidence, of course, but a sensible man makes coincidences work for him.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
In Britain, the press want to kill a show by revealing what's coming up and spoiling the pleasure. — Hugh Bonneville Copy Share Image
If we don't like modern Britain, then it is very unlikely that modern Britain will like us. — Damian Green Copy Share Image
It is time Britain put its trust back into the Labour Party. I believe I am the candidate that can make this happen precisely… — Diane Abbott Copy Share Image
The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn't make a profit, it's invalid, and art doesn't make… — Peter Maxwell Davies Copy Share Image
We from every religion feel comfortable in Britain because there is a host. The Church of England is a good host, it has been… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people; they disliked… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
I think the first person to call me 'Britain's Obama' was Martin Bright at the New Statesman. Harriet Harman made the comparison once at… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
As for whether what happened in Britain improves[Donald] Trump's chances of winning, I don't think so. He has the same chances; we may just… — Christopher Michael Cillizza Copy Share Image
Britain, like other European states, is not and never will again be in the top-world-power league, so its male leaders can afford to play… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image