Crown Quotes

485 quotes by 394 authors

The crown of literature is poetry. — W. Somerset Maugham
One of the jewels in the crown of Labour's time in office was the rescue of the National Health Service. As the Commonwealth Fund, the… — David Miliband
Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I. — Ralph Nader
Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and… — Pat Riley
It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the… — Friedrich Schiller
To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine. — Friedrich Schiller
Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me. — William Shakespeare
My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy. — William Shakespeare
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. — William Shakespeare
A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
The skyscraper style first advocated by Louis Sullivan - a tower of strongly vertical character with clear definitions among base, shaft, and crown - has… — Martin Filler
I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within. — Louisa May Alcott
We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarcy, that in America the law… — Thomas Paine
The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this? — Mos Def
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should… — Charles Dickens
The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth… — William Shakespeare
...and every Wednesday the perfumed young lady slips me a hundred-crown note to leave her alone with the convict. And by Thursday the hundred crowns… — Italo Calvino
The crown o' the earth doth melt. My lord! O, wither'd is the garland of the war, The soldier's pole is fall'n: young boys and… — William Shakespeare
By the way, when you finish the bottle of Crown Royal, you can still use the pouch to hold your broken dreams. — Jon Stewart

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