Kings Quotes

Poets and kings are but the clerks of Time, Tiering the same dull webs of discontent, Clipping the same sad alnage of the years.

All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better.

I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal.

Liberty may be of no more use Than stirring up the flame of civil wars; Then, by disorder fatal to the world, One wants no king, the other wants no equal.

Well Lord, I'm still on the case. I'm still doing what Dr. King and Pops want me to do. I'm still on that freedom highway, and I'm going to walk on it until Dr. King's dream is realized.

When I was a little boy in Worcestershire reading history books I never thought I should have to interfere between a king and his mistress.

Jesus-murdered. Martin Luther King-murdered. Gandhi-murdered. Malcolm X-murdered. Reagan-wounded.

Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.

This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.

It is always advantageous to exchange your king's bishop pawn for the king's pawn, since this leads to the seizure of the centre and, in addition, to the opening of a file for the rook.

I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint.

I am a man more sinned against than sinning

The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.

Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you're over here like this? Calvin:...I don't think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan.

For dogs we kings should have lions, and for cats, tigers. The great benefits a crown.

It is the church's job, as Dr. [Martin Luther] King says, to be the conscience of the state, not the chaplain of the state.

Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Together, you’ve got a kingdom. If you have a Corvette, you don’t put water in the tank. The human machine deserves the same treatment.

If I feel like King King, I'll throw like King King.

You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.

I'm ready to forgive him for the desire to be a king, but not for wanting to have 23 million court jesters.

Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I am not Robin Williams. I am the king of the pen.

Though I'm not the first king of controversy, I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley. To do black music so selfishly, and use it to get myself wealthy.

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official. There is only one thing that can get him sacked; and that is drink. Not even that, as long as he doesn't actually fall down.

Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict.

Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed king can still goof up.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.

And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land

Martin Luther King was a victim of surveillance, and had great solidarity with victims of surveillance.

I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.

The Lord Jesus, everything. In himself worse than nothing. By grace, in Christ, the son of the King.

Martin [Luther King] wasn't one to buck forces too much.

To know how to disguise is the knowledge of kings.

What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

I'm a menace to society, But girls in biker shorts are so fly to me. After the date, I'mma want to do the wild thing... You're talkin' lobster? I'm thinkin' Burger King.

Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.

A State would be happy where philosophers were kings, or kings philosophers.

From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man 's the noblest work of God."

It was a dream world, a kind of Alice in Wonderland, with its kings and queens, princes and princesses, and our millions of loyal subjects. But it wasn't real, and it couldn't last.

The king dead is a living god.

Too many kings can ruin an army

Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.

A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.

I am king of the world!

One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants.

For this is the true strength of guilty kings, When they corrupt the souls of those they rule.

National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.

Then come out," said the king, helping him, "knowing you'll never die of a fall unless the god himself drops you.

What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?