King Quotes
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There be as many persons of a king, as there be petty constables in his kingdom. And so there are, or else he cannot be obeyed. But I never said that a king, and every one of his persons, are the same substance.
Thomas Hobbes
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Let him submit to me! Only the god of death is so relentless, Death submits to no one—so mortals hate him most of all the gods. Let him bow down to me! I am the greater king, I am the elder-born, I claim—the greater man.
Homer
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I started when I was in 'The King and I' when I was on Broadway when I was nine.
Jenna Ushkowitz
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Story is king. Everything else is a slave to the story.
Casey Neistat
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I'm here because all fairy tales take place in the woods, King Cole, even those that don't.
Bill Willingham
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My mom works in funerals, and my dad works at Burger King.
Kelly Marie Tran
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With King Abdullah's leadership and his people's trust he can keep the kingdom stable and secure in all its affairs.
Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
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What, nephew, said the king, is the wind in that door?
Thomas Malory
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How stupid it was for the king to tear out his hair in grief, as if baldness were a cure for sorrow.
Bion of Borysthenes
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KING: Well, some Christians are.
James Dobson
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I owe no duty to the forum, the election ground or the senate; I am ... no barking pleader, no judge, no soldier, no king; I have withdrawn from the populace. My only business is with myself. I have no care save not to care. The better life you would more enjoy in seclusion than in publicity. But you will decry me as indolent. ... None is born for another, being destined to die for himself.
Tertullian
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If there is a God, the King of kings, there is also a Kingdom. If there is a Kingdom, there must also be an army. Now the question is, are you in this army and are you willing to fight for your King?
Artur Pawlowski
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King Agis said, "The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are."
Plutarch
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Any society which is not improving is deteriorating, and the more so the closer and more familiar it is. Even a really superior man almost always begins to deteriorate when he is habitually king of his company.
John Stuart Mill
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I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.
Richard Petty
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Even those modern secularists and liberals who hate the metaphysics illustrated by Plato’s allegory of the cave thrill to the idea that the common man is in the grip of illusion and ought to be ruled by philosopher-kings, even if their idea of a philosopher-king would have filled Plato with abject horror.
Edward Feser
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The King is a fighting piece. Use it!
Wilhelm Steinitz
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In times of crisis, cash is king.
Ricardo Salinas Pliego
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''Don't you see what my power does for me? I could sit in on the councils of kings and dictators. It makes me king. It makes me—Nemesis.''
Lester Cole
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Sometimes a King has to do terrible things in order to protect those he has sworn to look after. When the stakes are so high, dreadful decisions have to be taken. It is the responsibility of a King to take on that burden, that guilt.
Cressida Cowell
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In the Laws of Cnut, it was formally laid down that no one is to bother the King with his complaints, so long as he can get Justice in the Hundred.
Edward Jenks
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My face is so pretty, you don’t see a scar, which proves I’m the king of the ring by far.
Muhammad Ali
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Sing, my tongue, the Saviour's glory, Of His Flesh, the mystery sing; Of the Blood, all price exceeding, Shed by our Immortal King, Destined, for the world's redemption, From a noble Womb to spring.
Thomas Aquinas
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I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's rare when there's no script. I sort of like the latter better, because I'm more successful at it.
Kyle Chandler