Kings Quotes - page 5

In the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have. Sometimes if we're fortunate, we still manage to have a good life. (Melina Marchetta)
We kings do develop a certain ability to recognize objects under our noses. View quote
Robin McKinley
All kings are blind. The good ones see this and use more than their eyes to lead. View quote
J.R. Ward
Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and a good loaf of bread. View quote
Jennifer Donnelly
History is not made only by kings and parliaments, presidents, wars, and generals. It is the story of people, of their love, honor, faith, hope and suffering; of birth and death, of hunger, thirst and cold, of loneliness and sorrow. View quote
Louis L'Amour
That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life. View quote
Amelia Barr
I wanted the feel in these books to be like an epic fantasy, with kings, queens, dukes and court politics, but of course like what I was explaining before, about making the science make sense, you have to make the politics make sense, too. View quote
Kevin J. Anderson
This principle is old, but true as fate,- Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate. View quote
Thomas Dekker
I would like a great lake of beer for the King of Kings. I would like to be watching Heaven's family drinking it through all eternity. View quote
Brigit of Kildare
I swear by that old expression, 'One monkey don't stop no show!' The reality is, we still have some good men out there, and we should hail those men as the kings they are. View quote
Angie Stone
I always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud of what I have done with the Rhythm Kings. (Bill Wyman)
I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings. View quote
Bill Wyman
With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs. View quote
Bill Wyman
Dylan, myself and my father were in a two hour movie called The Sand Kings, which started off the Outer Limits series. It was sort of the two hour pilot movie. View quote
Beau Bridges
When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with us the laws and the liberties, which formed a part of our heritage as Britons. View quote
Caleb Cushing
Eventually, competition and adventure wane, and I enter my ibuprofen phase. Tweaky hamstrings and achy knees restrict mileage, but I continue running for health, sanity, and the ritual of a Sunday trail run with like-minded buddies. We discuss the nagging injuries that bedevil us, and remember the good old days when we were kings. View quote
Don Kardong
It is evident that in the period designated as that of the kings, when Rome commenced her career of conquest, she was, for that time and country, a great and wealthy city. View quote
Goldwin Smith
I heard the Bloc Party record Japan before it came out in the UK as they are on the V2 record label. I think it has a great vibe and has great songs. I also think the Kings of Leon are right up my street. View quote
Kelly Jones
Punctuality is the politeness of kings. View quote
Louis XVIII of France
For some reason, and for a time such as this, God has given me favor with kings and princes. View quote
Michael W. Smith
I do shop online! But I'm shopping online mostly in the home categories - One Kings Lane and Gilt. At a lot of architectural websites, I buy a lot of hardware for cabinetry like hinges and things like that from England. So, you know, for me, I shop at Net-A-Porter, but I don't really shop that much for clothing online. (Nate Berkus)
Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote about kings. That's where the action is. And it's the classic, cathartic thing. You get to indulge in a lifestyle you're not part of, a tragic error leads to a downfall, and you get to say, 'Thank God I'm not him.' View quote
Nicholas Jarecki
One day, out of irritation, I said, you know all of those years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, all those years of playing kings and princes and speaking black verse, and bestriding the landscape of England was nothing but a preparation for sitting in the captain's chair of the Enterprise. View quote
Patrick Stewart
The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger. View quote
Mary Wollstonecraft
What they needed, in addition to many specific grievances against their particular king, was a fundamental presupposition against kings in general. What they needed was a theory of government that provided a place for rebellion, that made it respectable, and even meritorious under certain circumstances. View quote
Carl L. Becker