Quotes tagged ‘Ruler’

“Everything the light touches...is our kingdom. But a king's time as ruler rises and falls like the sun. One day, the sun will set on my time here, and will rise with you as the new king.”

— Jeff Nathanson, Brenda Chapman, Mufasa (voice), James Earl Jones, imdb.com

“You should see me in a crown I'm gonna run this nothing town”

— Billie Eilish, open.spotify.com

“Marcus Aurelius: When I die, you’re going to be sole emperor of Rome. Commodus: I’m not ready. Marcus Aurelius: Well you’ll have to be, because even when you’ve taken the throne, they’ll come for you.”

— Stephen David, Zachary Herrmann, Tim W. Kelly, Claire Lawton, Richard Lopez, Jeremiah Murphy, Jordan Rosenblum, Peter Sherman, Marcus Aurelius, John Bach, imdb.com

“You will go whenever I command it, Countess Warwick, and all of you will dance to whatever tune I sing.”

— Emma Frost, Elizabeth Woodville, Rebecca Ferguson, imdb.com

“If we had known we were going to win control of the Senate, we'd have run better candidates”

— Bob Dole, edition.cnn.com

“Have you guys heard of the king that was only a foot tall? He was a 12 inch ruler.”

— ninja_monkey_, reddit.com

“If your Lordship vouchsafe the acceptance, ’tis yours, if the Reader can pick out either use or content, ’tis his, and I am pleased. Example being the publique, and your Lorships favor the private aime, of your humbly devoted”

— Francis Drake, international.loc.gov

“But whereas it is most certain that the King doth not only make speedy preparation in Spain, but likewise expecteth a very great fleet from the Straits and divers other places to join with his forces to invade England, we purpose to set apart all fear of danger, and by God’s furtherance to proceed b…”

— Francis Drake, amazon.com

“I do believe the [Democratic] party has moved far to the right. I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.”

— Al Sharpton, en.wikiquote.org

“Among the basic freedoms to which men aspire that their lives might be full and uncramped, freedom from fear stands out as both a means and an end. A people who would build a nation in which strong, democratic institutions are firmly established as a guarantee against state-induced power must first…”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

“It is undeniably easier to ignore the hardships of those who are too weak to demand their rights than to respond sensitively to their needs. To care is to accept responsibility, to dare to act in accordance with the dictum that the ruler is the strength of the helpless.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

“The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

“If women ruled the world," said my wife, "there'd be no wars. That's true," I replied. "Wars require strategy and logic."”

— bananadead, reddit.com