Century Quote by Peter Ackroyd

There's a creativity, a power, an energy, an ability to do things unlike any other period in history. It's a little bit like sitting…

— Juan Enriquez

“Diamond writes: “We have to wonder why the kings and nobles failed to recognize and solve these seemingly obvious problems undermining their society. Their…

— Douglas Preston

I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits.

— Julian Fellowes

We are in the 21st century; what are the kings or the queens doing in this century? They must remain in the past!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I often think what interesting history we are making for the student of the twenty-first century.

— Anonymous

Imagine if all those kings and dukes hadn't commissioned those crazy cathedrals, paintings and music... we'd still be living in sticks and mud. Because…

— Ha-Joon Chang

My mind lets go a thousand things, Like dates of wars and deaths of Kings

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

There is so much else in the world that is more interesting [ than monarchy].

— Hilary Mantel

There's nobility in hard work, traditional values.

— D. B. Sweeney

Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the…

— Abraham Lincoln

And the fifteenth century was an impassioned age, so ardent and serious in its pursuit of art that it consecrated everything with which art…

— Walter Pater

My tastes are not those of the king, who has none, except for hunting and mechanic's labour.

— Marie Antoinette