King Quotes

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A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else. — Pierre Corneille
Hollywood has known this for quite a while: Cable is the place to go because they truly have a supportive network and they want to… — Bryan Cranston
I hope I'm remembered as the king of the world, the noble man who united all the nations of the earth. But that probably won't… — Macaulay Culkin
On cable now, the writer is king. Any actor chases that. — Jeff Daniels
Yes, I think it's really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and… — Angela Davis
We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him. — Sammy Davis, Jr.
Doing something because God has said to do it does not make a person moral: it merely tells us that person is a prudential believer,… — Alan Dershowitz
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. — Denis Diderot
A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they… — Marlene Dietrich
King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after… — Benjamin Disraeli
I grew up in Ohio, where civil-rights accomplishments had already begun to accelerate before Martin Luther King appeared. In hindsight, we know that many people,… — Rita Dove
The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep… — Robert Duvall
The court jester had the right to say the most outrageous things to the king. Everything was permitted during carnival, even the songs that the… — Umberto Eco
A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It… — Marian Wright Edelman
You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind… — King Edward VIII
I went to Saudi Arabia in 2010, and spent most of my time in Jeddah and the King Abdullah Economic City. — Dave Eggers
Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet. — George Eliot
I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a… — Elizabeth I
To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that… — Elizabeth I
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. — Desiderius Erasmus
My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder. — Gloria Estefan
I wrote poetry, which got me into lyrics. Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Elton John pulled me into pop. I started singing with a band -… — Gloria Estefan
My mom was an amazing singer and music was a big part of my life, so I grew up listening to Nat King Cole, Johnny… — Gloria Estefan
Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of… — Oriana Fallaci
Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as… — Nathan Fillion

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