King Henry Quotes

• England was a cold, backward, rebellious little kingdom. It's king: Henry the Eighth, remembered principally for his six wives and the chicken legs clutched in his fat fists.

  Kage Baker

  Kings, Wife, England

  Kage Baker (2005). “In the Garden of Iden”, p.60, Macmillan

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• King Henry: But what a point, my lord, your falcon made, And what a pitch she flew above the rest! To see how God in all his creatures works! Yea, man and birds are fain of climbing high. Suffolk: No marvel, an it like your majesty, My lord protectors hawks do tower so well; They know their masters loves to be aloft, And bears his thoughts above his falcon's pitch. Gloucester: My lord, 'tis but a base ignoble mind That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Men, Climbing

  William Shakespeare (1838). “Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of Each Play, and a Memoir of the Author by William Harness”, p.478

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• I changed my major to English and I went off to Fort Collins. And within the first couple of weeks, I noticed that they were having auditions for a production in their theater department. They were going to stage Jean Anouilh's Becket, which was a film I loved, with Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton. So I went down and auditioned, and I got the role. I got the Peter O'Toole part. So here I was, a 19-year-old playing King Henry.

  Keith Carradine

  Kings, Couple, Years

  "Keith Carradine on Deadwood, Fargo, and Madonna". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. June 20, 2016.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• Till our King Henry had shook hands with Death.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Kings, Hands

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone (1813). “King Henry VI, part 3; King Richard III”, p.41

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• An ugly woman, married to King Henry VIII, would have defied the axe and daunted her husband's infidelities.

  Honore de Balzac

  Kings, Husband, Wife

  4 Copy quote

• King Henry VIII, who said to his lawyer, Forget the alimony, I've got a better idea. Never got a dinner!

  Red Buttons

  Kings, Ideas, Dinner

  9 Copy quote