Emperor Quotes

204 Emperor quotes by 167 unique authors

Traitors who prevail are patriots; usurpers who succeed are divine emperors. — Gore Vidal
Without water we are nothing", the traveler thought. "Even an emperor, denied water, would swiftly turn to dust. Water is the real monarch and we… — Salman Rushdie
I dreamt my lady came and found me dead . . . . . . . . . . . . And breathed such life… — William Shakespeare
Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard… — John Keats
The intellectual was rejected and persecuted at the precise moment when the facts became incontrovertible, when it was forbidden to say that the emperor had… — Michel Foucault
Erik: Are you very tired? Christine: Oh, tonight I gave you my soul, and I am dead. Erik: Your soul is a beautiful thing, child.… — Gaston Leroux
Being a kind, emperor, or president is mighty small potatoes compared to being a mother. Commanding an army is little more than sweeping a street… — Billy Sunday
The emperor is naked!" The parade stopped. The emperor paused. A hush fell over the crowd, until one quick-thinking peasant shouted: "No, he isn't. The… — James Finn Garner
I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms," said the Lion. It didn't say this as if… — C.S. Lewis
When Rome burned, the emperor's cats still expected to be fed on time. — Mira Grant
Long ago in China, knot-makers tied string into buttons and frogs, and rope into bell pulls. There was one knot so complicated that it blinded… — Maxine Hong Kingston
I was there, the day that Horus killed the Emperor — Dan Abnett
If I am an empress, he is the only man worthy of being my emperor. — Sarah MacLean
When I was your age — about, ooh, a thousand years ago — I loved a good bedtime story. The Three Little Sontarans. The Emperor… — Mark Gatiss
Bow down, I am the emperor of dreams. — Clark Ashton Smith
Emperors are vain and useless things. — Scott Westerfeld
I was thinking, "So, I’m Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now. — Robert Graves
News flash, lady. There are no queens anymore,” Shane said. He loaded shells in a shotgun and snapped it shut, then searched for a place… — Rachel Caine
.. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the… — Carl Sagan
There is still one of which you never speak.' Marco Polo bowed his head. 'Venice,' the Khan said. Marco smiled. 'What else do you believe… — Italo Calvino
Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you know your being, there is no question of becoming. All that you could have ever imagined to become you already are. You are… — Rajneesh
I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me… — Graham Chapman
Listen--God only exists in people's minds. Especially in Japan, God's always been kind of a flexible concept. Look at what happened after the war. Douglas… — Haruki Murakami
Theater of Cruelty means a theater difficult and cruel for myself first of all. And, on the level of performance, it is not the cruelty… — Antonin Artaud

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