History Quote by Bill O'Reilly

“A capable, clear-eyed sovereign, she knew how to build a fleet, suppress an insurrection, control a currency, alleviate a famine. An eminent Roman general…

— Stacy Schiff

“A human is the one, who would give up a thousand Cleopatras to be with the person he or she loves.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“When empires fall, what becomes of the Queen? Everything will burn, and so will she.”

— Katie Jennings

“After that month in Cairo she was muted, read constantly, kept more to herself, as if something had occurred or she realized suddenly that…

— Michael Ondaatje

“Her eye was aflame, and she spoke like Cleopatra telling an Ethiopian slave where he got off.”

— P.G. Wodehouse

“I'd prefer her story than history.”

— Toba Beta

“What if, for once in history, a woman's story could be untethered from what we need it to be in order to feel better…

— Lidia Yuknavitch

In 'Plutarch,' her voice begins to come out; there are actual 2,000-year-old quotes from Cleopatra, and they are sly and saucy.

— Stacy Schiff

“But her mother was one of those weakest of women who can never forget the beauty they once possessed, or quite believe they have…

— George MacDonald

The name Cleopatra wakens the world to life.

— Carmen Boullosa

“Who was she, what was she that she should hold herself superior? What view of life, what design upon fate, what conception of happiness,…

— Henry James

“for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts . . ., on those, she”

— Ursula Maria Mandel