Prince Quotes - page 2

And new philosophy calls all in doubt, The element of fire is quite put out; The sun is lost, and the earth, and no man's wit, Can well direct him where to look for it. And freely men confess that this world's spent, When in the planets, and the firmament They seek so many new; then see that this Is crumbled out again to his atomies. 'Tis all in pieces, all coherence gone; All just supply, and all relation: Prince, subject, Father, Son, are things forgot. (John Donne)
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. View quote
Montesquieu
The prince is never going to come. Everyone knows that; and maybe sleeping beauty's dead. View quote
Anne Rice
I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty. View quote
Wesley Snipes
No, In fairy tales When to the ill-starred Prince the lady says 'I love you!' all his ugliness fades fast But I remain the same, up to the last! View quote
Edmond Rostand
As a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man -- the prince or knight of her childhood stories. In the real world, however, men like that simply didn't exist. View quote
Nicholas Sparks
A President is neither prince nor pope, and I don't seek a window on men's souls. In fact, I yearn for a greater tolerance, an easy-goingness about each other's attitudes and way of life. View quote
George H. W. Bush
The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away.In this book we are concerned with how to create mass organizations to seize power and give it to the people; to realize the democratic dream of equality, justice, peace, cooperation, equal and full opportunities for education, full and useful employment, health, and the creation of those circumstances in which man can have the chance to live by values that give meaning to life. View quote
Saul Alinsky
Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the people by its dictates, accounting himself as but their servant. View quote
John of Salisbury
I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. View quote
Harry Dean Stanton
Men may trust men, Prince Elric, but perhaps we'll never have a truly sane world until men learn to trust mankind. That would mean the death of magic, I think. (Michael Moorcock)
The foundations of our Empire are now based more firmly than ever! The birth of a Crown Prince shows that the prosperity of the Imperial Household is increasing many times. View quote
Sadao Araki
Prince Asaka had joined the army only about ten days before its entry into Nanking and in view of the short time he was connected with this army I do not think he can be held responsible. I would say that the Division Commanders are the responsible parties. View quote
Iwane Matsui
No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous - Almost, at times, the Fool. View quote
T. S. Eliot
Prince William definitely isn't my type, he's too horsey-looking. View quote
Keira Knightley
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people. View quote
Jean de La Fontaine
Muhammad was a prince; he rallied his compatriots around him. In a few years, the Muslims conquered half of the world. They plucked more souls from false gods, knocked down more idols, razed more pagan temples in fifteen years than the followers of Moses and Jesus did in fifteen centuries. Muhammad was a great man. He would indeed have been a god, if the revolution that he had performed had not been prepared by the circumstances. View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
A prince should suspect everything. View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. View quote
William Shakespeare
The prince of darkness is a gentleman. View quote
William Shakespeare
I am the Prince of Wales and think not, Percy, To share with me in glory any more Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere Nor can one England brook a double reign. (William Shakespeare)
The universe has no prince or king That it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen. View quote
Pierre Corneille
A prince or general can best demonstrate his genius by managing a campaign exactly to suit his objectives and his resources, doing neither too much nor too little. View quote
Carl von Clausewitz
As for that,' said Waldenshare, 'sensible men are all of the same religion.' 'Pray, what is that' inquired the Prince. 'Sensible men never tell. View quote
Benjamin Disraeli
A poor girl may have an illusion that a prince will come and fetch her home. It is possible, some such cases have occurred. That the Messiah will come and found a golden age is much less probable. View quote
Sigmund Freud