King Quotes

2514 King quotes by 1601 unique authors

It takes the glory of God to conceal a matter. It takes the honor of the king to seek out for it. — Tommy Tenney
Quickly, the dragon came at him, encouraged As Beowulf fell back; its breath flared, And he suffered, wrapped around in swirling Flames -- a king,… — Burton Raffel
Beloved Beowulf, remember how you boasted, Once, that nothing in the world would ever Destroy your fame; fight to keep it, Now, be strong and… — Burton Raffel
I'm King Of The World!!! — James Cameron
When King Lear dies in act five, do you know what Shakespeare has written? He has written, 'He dies.' No more. No fanfare, no metaphor,… — Suzanne Weyn
A boy told me if he roller-skated fast enough his loneliness couldn't catch up to him, the best reason I ever heard for trying to… — Naomi Shihab Nye
In the years since his murder, we have transformed King into a kind of innocuous black Santa Claus. — Timothy B. Tyson
A joker is a little fool who is different from everyone else. He's not a club, diamond, heart, or spade. He's not an eight or… — Jostein Gaarder
Stand before your god, bow before your king, kneel before your man. — Terry Pratchett
Enemy-occupied territory---that is what this world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you might say landed in disguise, and… — C.S. Lewis
Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s… — C.S. Lewis
Those two are carved from the same tree." the queen said. By the same blade." The high king answered and offered her his arm in… — Victoria Hanley
A daughter of a King of Ireland, heard A voice singing on a May Eve like this, And followed half awake and half asleep, Until… — William Butler Yeats
We'll be chopped up before you can say 'King Maggot'. — Tamora Pierce
You, what are you? The brat of lucky parents who were related to a childless king. There is no such thing as royal blood. I… — Shannon Hale
Bob Dole revealed he is one of the test subjects for Viagra. He said on Larry King, 'I wish I had bought stock in it.'… — Jay Leno
Ridcully was to management what King Herod was to the Bethlehem Playgroup Association. — Terry Pratchett
The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this world'd luxuries, king by… — Mark Twain
England was a cold, backward, rebellious little kingdom. It's king: Henry the Eighth, remembered principally for his six wives and the chicken legs clutched in… — Kage Baker
You are obvious, boy. You are difficult to miss. If you came to me in company with a purple lion, a green elephant, and a… — Neil Gaiman
Stealing ideas from contemporaries is rude and tasteless. Stealing from the long dead is considered literary and admirable. The same is true of grave-robbing. Loot… — N.D. Wilson
Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about. — Cory Doctorow
Killing one person makes you a murderer. Killing a million people makes you a king. Killing them all makes you God. — Frank Peretti
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and… — Barack Obama
O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality. — William Shakespeare

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