Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Perrault

Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had human form. A fairy who was at his birth said, however, that he would be very amiable for all that, since he would have uncommon good sense.

Denis Johnson

All his life Robert Grainier would remember vividly the burned valley at sundown, the most dreamlike business he’d ever witnessed waking—the brilliant pastels of the last light overhead, some clouds high and white, catching daylight from beyond the valley, others ribbed and gray and pink, the lowest of them rubbing the peaks of Bussard and Queen mountains; and beneath this wondrous sky the black valley, utterly still, the train moving through it making a great noise but unable to wake this dead world.

Debra Winger

But I never worried about having a child in my 40s, which is unusual - normally, I'm the queen of worry.

Ben Jonson

Queen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light Goddess, excellently bright.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The queens in history compare favorably with the kings.

David Bowie

I've always been very chauvinistic, even in my boy-obsessed days. But I was always a gentleman. I alwaysd treated my boys like real ladies. Always escorted them properly and, in fact, I suppose if I were a lot older - like 40 or 50 - I'd be a wonderful sugar daddy to some little queen down in Kensington. I'd have a houseboy named Richard to order around.

William Shakespeare

Thus weary of the world, away she hies, And yokes her silver doves; by whose swift aid Their mistress mounted through the empty skies In her light chariot quickly is convey'd; Holding their course to Paphos, where their queen Means to immure herself and not be seen.

William Shakespeare

O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. . . . She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomi Athwart men’s noses as they lie asleep.

A. J. Cook

I am trying my hardest to stay away from the horror movies just because I feel like people are thinking that's what I do, that I'm a scream queen. I'd like to stay away from that.

Chris Farley

In the land of the skunks he who has half a nose is king.

Charles Spurgeon

If God calls you to be a minister, don't stoop to becoming a king.

Charles Spurgeon

If God has fit you to be a missionary, I would not have you shrivel down to be a king.

Charles Perrault

The King's son, who was told that a great princess, whom nobody knew, was come, ran out to receive her. He gave her his hand as she alighted from the coach, and led her into the hall where the company were assembled.

Denis Diderot

His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings.

Debra Winger

I was the all-American face. You name it, honey - American Dairy Milk, Metropolitan Life insurance, McDonald's, Burger King. The Face That Didn't Matter - that's what I called my face.

Eduardo Galeano

The big bankers of the world, who practise the terrorism of money, are more powerful than kings and field marshals, even more than the Pope of Rome himself. They never dirty their hands. They kill no-one: they limit themselves to applauding the show.

Eduardo Galeano

In 1492, the natives discovered they were indians, discovered they lived in America, discovered they were naked, discovered that the Sin existed, discovered they owed allegiance to a King and Kingdom from another world and a God from another sky, and that this God had invented the guilty and the dress, and had sent to be burnt alive who worships the Sun the Moon the Earth and the Rain that wets it.

Ben Jonson

A good king is a public servant.

Deke Thompson

Senior night is great, but I want to go dancing.

Unknown

May you live each day like your last, and live each night like your first.

Patricia Smith

One night she went to the restroom, and when I woke up she was walking into the wall. She couldn't find her place on the floor.

Barbara Turner

Obviously, we need her a lot. Obviously, if we had her the other night we would have won. That's just the reality of it. There's no other way to say. Obviously, we need her a lot.

Lynne Sipiora

Of course, on a night like tonight, in this situation, we won't turn away anyone, especially if they are able or a family. But things like being drug-free are still a must.

Alan Trammel

(Oakland) got back on track and we just couldn't stop them. It was just a night the Tigers got pounded.

Charles Portis

Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.

Charles Olson

what pudor pejorocracy affronts how awe, night-rest and neighborhood can rot what breeds where dirtiness is law what crawls below

Charles R. Swindoll

In the wilderness, God's covenant people struggled with a choice between feeding their bellies and nourishing their souls. God provided manna-a breadlike food that fell to the ground during the night-to sustain the wandering Israelites and to teach them how to value His Word more than physical fulfillment.