King Quotes

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Inspiration thing is important, to teach the kids that JFK is not an airport, RFK's not a stadium, Martin Luther King ain't a street — Kinky Friedman
Americans - not just starting thirty years ago but going back to the beginning, when we were rebelling against King George - we've always been… — William J. Clinton
Perseverance is king. — Josh Billings
If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would… — James Whistler
The house is a castle which the King cannot enter. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I have composed for King Mahmud, they would have showered a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting. — Benjamin Franklin
God bless the King, and grant him long to Reign. — Benjamin Franklin
I heard a bird so sing, Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king. — William Shakespeare
No might nor greatness in mortality Can censure 'scape; back- wounding calumny The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong Can tie the gall up… — William Shakespeare
I think the King is but a man as I am: the violet smells to him as it doth to me. — William Shakespeare
What babe new born is this that in a manger cries? Near on her lowly bed his happy mother lies. Oh, see the air is… — Richard Watson Gilder
I left England when I was four because I found out I could never be King. — Bob Hope
Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love. Man has subdued bodies, but all the power on… — Emma Goldman
The Sundaies of man's life, Thredded together on time's string, Make bracelets to adorn the wife Of the eternal, glorious King. On Sunday heaven's gates… — George Herbert
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery. — Sallust
You don't have to believe that there was a King Arthur to get the significance of those stories, but Christians say we have to believe… — Joseph Campbell
We're comfortable financially, so it wasn't a financial issue that I voted Conservative. Basically, it was for the same reason we voted for Diefenbaker. First… — Don Drysdale
Big box just wasn't our strength. We are a men's and boy's specialty store focused on providing high quality clothing with custom tailoring. Our customer… — Paul Simon
There are many persons of whom it may be said that they have no other possession in the world but their character, and yet they… — Samuel Smiles
The practical life of a vast number of people is not, as a matter of fact, worth while at all. It is like an impressive… — Evelyn Underhill
In literature and in art, alike, this gloomy fashion of regarding Death has been characteristic of Christianity. Death has been painted as a skeleton grasping… — Annie Besant
Martin Luther King said America had given a bad check to black people. — Andrew Young
Martin Luther King challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to action today at home and… — John F. Kerry
The real beggar is indeed the true and only king. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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