- Nov 07, 2020
King Quotes
Words fit for a crown, from throne to everyday life.
This page gathers king quotes that move well beyond palace walls - comparing a monarch's day to the arc of the sun, and framing actors as hidden wizards and kings. For more in this vein, see our Shayari collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Almeida's artistic director, Rupert Goold, brought me Mike Bartlett's 'King Charles III' with the slightly apologetic warning that it was in blank verse, but, of course, that appealed to me.
- Nov 07, 2020
I love Bill Clinton. I think we should make him king. I'm talking the red robe, the turkey leg - everything.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember trying to stay up late and catch as much 'Beavis and Butt-Head' as I could, and then 'King of the Hill.'
- Followed
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- Nov 07, 2020
King Pellinore that time followed the questing beast.
- Nov 07, 2020
Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm old enough to have lived through a time when Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers, Viola Liuzzo, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and others died so people of color could vote.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more I loved the king, the more I opposed his injustice until his brow fell lowering upon me. He heaped calumny after calumny on my head, and I chose to be driven out rather than to subscribe.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was called before the king's tribunal like a layman and was deserted in the quarter where I had looked for support. My brethren, the bishops, sided with the court and were ready to pronounce judgment against me.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thou knowest how long and loyally I served the king in his worldly affairs. For that cause, it pleased him to promote me to the office which now I hold. When I consented, it was for the sake of the king alone. When I was elected, I was formally acquitted of my responsibilities for all that I had done as a chancellor.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
The king is so subtle with his words that he would confound the apostolic religion itself. He will find the weak points of the pope's character and will trip him up to his destruction.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020