Crown Quotes - page 3

Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown that I have reigned with your loves. (Elizabeth I of England)
Never had Parliament or the crown, or both together, operated in actuality as theory indicated sovereign powers should. View quote
Bernard Bailyn
It has been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot is equal to the distance between the tips of the middle fingers of the two hands when extended in a straight line. View quote
Pliny the Elder
The Autocrat of all the Russias will resign his crown, and proclaim his subjects free republicans sooner than will our American masters voluntarily give up their slaves. View quote
Abraham Lincoln
The measure of woman's distaste for any part of her life lies not in the loudness of her lamentations (these are only an attempt to buy a martyr's crown at a reduced price) but in her persistent pursuit of that occupation of which she never ceases to complain. View quote
Quentin Crisp
There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound reasonable, in large part, because so many of them can be leveled against the federal government of the United States. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
She wears trouble like a crown. If she ever falls in love, she'll fall like a comet, burning the sky as she goes. View quote
Holly Black
Years ago, before this estate was generously and unwillingly turned over to the crown, the lord here was a genuine dimwit. He had a minister stashed behind his throne to whisper clever things to say. View quote
Shannon Hale
I am a subject of the British Crown, but whenever I have to choose between the interests of England and Canada it is manifest to me that the interests of my country are identical with those of the United States of America. View quote
Wilfrid Laurier
I am quite prepared, if we can do it without any disrespect to the Crown of England, to bring our titles to the marketplace and make a bonfire of them. View quote
Wilfrid Laurier
I have been represented as a Protestant minister; there was not one of the canvassers of the honourable gentlemen opposite that did not represent to the people that I was not a Minister of the Crown, but that I was a Protestant minister. (Wilfrid Laurier)
Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown. View quote
Althea Gibson
And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time. View quote
Carl Yastrzemski
One of the jewels in the crown of Labour's time in office was the rescue of the National Health Service. As the Commonwealth Fund, the London School of Economics and the Nuffield Foundation have all shown, health reforms as well as additional investment were essential to improved outcomes, especially for poorer patients. View quote
David Miliband
The Crown Prince has said he needs to broaden political participation in the governing of Saudi Arabia. View quote
Frank Carlucci
Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large estates, crown lands, government land, and the estates held by the monasteries. View quote
Herman Gorter
We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long subordination and begins to scheme for the throne he knows he merits, was promised and has earned. View quote
James Buchan
The skyscraper style first advocated by Louis Sullivan - a tower of strongly vertical character with clear definitions among base, shaft, and crown - has remained remarkably consistent throughout the history of this building type. View quote
Martin Filler
Healthcare is the cornerstone of the socialist state. It is the crown jewel of the welfare state. View quote
Monica Crowley
I was a crown attorney in my home town in Nova Scotia, and I learned that victims of crime needed better laws to better protect them. I saw politics as a means to improve this protection for them. View quote
Peter MacKay
Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure. (Pat Riley)
At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hongkong, the British Crown Colony, will be restored to China. This is not only an event which will be celebrated by patriotic Chinese; any patriotic American should celebrate it as well. View quote
Robert Trout
Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown. View quote
Thomas Becket
The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding. View quote
Winifred Holtby
I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head. View quote
Halle Berry