Amused Quote by George Mikes

“In the last century, when a wicked and unworthy subject annoyed the Sultan of Turkey or the Czar of Russia, he had his head…

— George Mikes

The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen on his desk with…

— Henry Watson Fowler

“It's a pun!' the King added in an offended tone, and everybody laughed, 'Let the jury consider their verdict,' the King said, for about…

— Lewis Carroll

“On Wednesday we got off work to go welcome King George V and his wife. ... Quite fun seeing George and spouse, but event…

— Donald Sturrock

“They all went out by a private door and found themselves in a smaller but gorgous room. The Prince tapped on the table and…

— Daisy Ashford

“The executioner's argument was that you couldn't cut of something's head unless there was a trunk to sever it from. He'd never done anything…

— Lewis Carroll

“Who ever heard of a king without ears? Why, his crown would fall straight down to his neck!”

— George R.R. Martin

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!

— Sydney Smith

But Lord! To see the absurd nature of Englishmen that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at everything that looks strange.

— Samuel Pepys

Medieval kings left the job of kindness to their queens. If the queen begged for someone not to be beheaded, the king could show…

— Lucy Worsley

“Londoners had no particular objection to the King making a fool of himself, but they became indignant when it became evident that he wished…

— G.K. Chesterton

“His Majesty has done absolutely nothing but waste his time darling around eating sweets, contributing to the boy's adolescent chubiness, and to the sense…

— Charles Emmerson