Queen Christina Quotes

It would not be difficult to be a better ruler than I was: for I admit that I ruled badly; and even if I was fortunate enough to satisfy my subjects, I was not fortunate enough to satisfy myself.

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• I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar.

  

  Jackson Browne
  • Time
  • Money
  • Father

• I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!

  

  Barack Obama
  • Believe
  • Men
  • Women

• Fashion and music have always played off each other and certainly do for me; I love both so much. But there are definitely those moments when you're playing the right song at the right time in the right place, and it feels like the best job in the world.

  

  Harley Viera-Newton
  • Time
  • Music
  • Song

• I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.

  

  Karen Thompson Walker
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• The only power you have is the word no.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Power
  • You
  • Word

• Thanks to 'A Prophet,' I'm known in a lot of countries.

  

  Tahar Rahim
  • Thanks
  • Countries
  • Prophet

• I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • People
  • Write
  • Interested

• Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.

  

  Hans Hofmann
  • Art
  • Artist
  • Personality

• Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • Soul
  • Said
  • Everything

• Our favorite holding period is forever.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Business
  • Forever
  • Period

• You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • People
  • Movies
  • New Things

• Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

  

  Karl Kraus
  • Country
  • Corruption
  • Morals

• Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.

  

  Tecumseh
  • Country
  • Heart
  • Liberty

• I think, in general, when you're doing comedy, you're having a good time regardless of the comedy table tennis that you're playing. I think you want that, too: you're rooting for two characters to be together, and you should feel that even when they're angry at each other, they're still in synch with each other.

  

  Lake Bell
  • Time
  • Good
  • Together

• I have felt that connection and stewardship for Earth for as long as I can remember. And not just for Earth, but the whole universe.

  

  Kalpana Chawla
  • Long
  • Remember
  • Earth

• As for swimming, I'm now in the pool 5 days a week from 8 to 10 a.m. And I'm in the gym for an hour and a half, 4 days a week. Two days upper body, two days lower.

  

  Dana Torres
  • Body
  • Week
  • Gym

• There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • Problem
  • Fans
  • Economics

• No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• I hate competition.

  

  Marat Safin
  • Hate
  • Competition

• I do not believe in people owning guns. Guns should be owned only by the police and military. I am going to do everything I can to disarm this state.

  

  Patrick Henry
  • People
  • Believe
  • Military

• [I'm often called a Deviant Calvinist] but that only goes to underline the point I'm trying to make about the need to broaden our account of the tradition!

  

  Oliver D. Crisp
  • Trying
  • Needs
  • Tradition

• The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Better
  • Average
  • Dressed

• The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.

  

  Gerry Mulligan
  • Reason
  • Pieces
  • Starting

• It would not be difficult to be a better ruler than I was: for I admit that I ruled badly; and even if I was fortunate enough to satisfy my subjects, I was not fortunate enough to satisfy myself.

  

  Queen Christina
  • Better
  • Difficult
  • Ruler