Emperor Quote by Scott Westerfeld Download Open image “Emperors are vain and useless things.” — Scott Westerfeld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Emperor Useless Useless things Vain
“Not sneering Emperors with world-conquering designs. Not cackling demons plotting in the darkness beyond the world. It was small men with their small acts… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
An emperor in his nightcap will not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a crown. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“It is not always a question of the Emperor having no clothes on. Sometimes it is, 'Is that an Emperor at all?” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
It has always been the perogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Even kings and emperors, with mountains of property and oceans of wealth - these are not even equal to an ant, who does not… — Guru Nanak Copy Share Image
“She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of the other plants, out of the soil itself, selfish… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
The Rusty Ruins were the remains of an old city, a hulking reminder of back when there'd been way too many people, and everyone… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
High school wasn't a trial by fire or some ordeal that had to be survived. It was all a big joke. You just had… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
And you've actually watched it yourself?' I asked. 'Willingly?' Sure. I had to see it, you know? Besides we should be safe. Only one… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“Sure, zombies can “be a metaphor.” They can represent the oppressed, as in Land of the Dead, or humanity’s feral nature, as in 28… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“You don't look very happy." Tally tried to smile. David had shared his biggest secret with her; she should tell him hers. But she… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“Weird, even for one of us. Or maybe she's worse." "Worse how?" "Normal.” — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Out here, you find out that the city fools you about how things really work. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the others. The… — Murasaki Shikibu Copy Share Image
Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Emperor Sid Caesar is gone to eternity himself now. He takes with him the gratitude of every one of us who first learned the… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In… — John Keats Copy Share Image
There was living in the palace at this time a brother of the great Germanicus, and consequently an uncle of the late emperor, whose… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When the king asked him what he meant by infesting the sea, the pirate defiantly replied: The same as you do when you infest… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
It becomes an emperor to die standing (i.e., "in harness"). [Lat., Decet imperatorem statem mori.] — Vespasian Copy Share Image
They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine and that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
News flash, lady. There are no queens anymore,” Shane said. He loaded shells in a shotgun and snapped it shut, then searched for a… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
I'm not the grand poobah. I'm not the emperor. That's not what I want to be. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
