Royal Quotes - Page 2

• I don't have a saviour or a royal family.

  John Malkovich

  Saviour, Royal Family

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• Meditation is the royal road to the attainment of freedom, a mysterious ladder that reaches from earth to heaven, darkness to light, mortality to Immortality.

  Sivananda

  Light, Meditation, Heaven

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• I do not believe there is any royal road to success as an athlete any more than there is to others in everyday life.

  Major Taylor

  Success, Congratulations, Believe

  Major Taylor (1928). “The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World: The Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success Against Great Odds; an Autobiography”

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• People settle for so much less because they find their identities in the world's fickle and untrue opinions. God made you royal with His blood. Live.

  Lacey Mosley

  Self Esteem, Blood, People

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• Play is the royal road to childhood happiness and adult brilliance.

  Joseph Chilton Pearce

  Play, Childhood, Adults

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• To the royal guards of this realm, we are all victims in-waiting.

  Cheshire Cat

  Waiting, Victim, Realms

  "Fictional character: Cheshire Cat". Video Game "Alice", www.imdb.com. 2000.

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• A woman's rank
  Lies in the fulness of her womanhood:
  Therein alone she is royal.

  George Eliot

  Women, Lying, Womanhood

  George Eliot “Poems”, Jazzybee Verlag

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• The presence of a king engenders love
  Amongst his subjects, and his royal friends.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Subjects

  William Shakespeare, Richard Farmer, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, Nicholas Rowe (1820). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: King Henry V. King Henry VI, Parts I and II”, p.166

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• Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

  Simon Van Booy

  Writing, Irony, Young

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• The institution of royalty in any form is an insult to the human race.

  Mark Twain

  Inspiration, Humility, Race

  Mark Twain, Michael Barry Frank, Robert Pack Browning, Lin Salamo, Frederick Anderson, Mark Twain (1980). “Mark Twain's Notebooks & Journals, Volume III: (1883-1891)”, p.424, Univ of California Press

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• I'm not a royal family watcher.

  Bill Nighy

  Watchers, Royal Family

  "Interviews: ‘Arthur Christmas’ Star Bill Nighy & Director Sarah Smith Discuss Their New Holiday Movie". Interview with Drew Taylor, www.indiewire.com. November 23, 2011.

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• History records the names of royal bastards, but cannot tell us the origin of wheat.

  Jean-Henri Fabre

  Names, Records, Wheat

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• How’s Her Royal Bitchiness?” “Alive.” “Pity.

  Nalini Singh

  Alive, Pity

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Nalini Singh: Guild Hunters Novels 1-4”, p.287, Penguin

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• There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

  Anthony Trollope

  Art, Cutting, Literature

  Anthony Trollope (2016). “Barchester Towers”, p.238, Anthony Trollope

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• I had never imagined myself, nor aspired to be, a member of a royal family. I wanted to be in the Peace Corps, not a princess!

  Queen Noor of Jordan

  Princess, Members, Peace Corps

  "Her Majesty Queen Noor: Yogi & Devoted Warrior for Peace". Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I couldn't be a royal. It's like living in a supersonic goldfish bowl.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Goldfish, Bowls

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.

  Martin Short

  Palaces, Hospitality, Hotel

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• My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt.

  Princess Margaret

  Queens, Children, Aunt

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• All the rare and royal names
  Wormy sheepskin yet retains

  John Millington Synge

  Names

  John Millington Synge (2008). “The Complete Works of J. M. Synge”, p.434, Wordsworth Editions

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• I am reminded of the old court jester who was supposed to entertain his king with interesting stories and antics. He looked at the king who was lolling on his throne, a drunken, filthy rascal, doffed his cap and bells, and said with a mock gesture of obeisance, “O king, be loyal to the royal within you.” And so I say to you young people today, remember your heritage, and be loyal to that royal lineage that you have as members of the church and kingdom of God on the earth.

  Harold B. Lee

  Kings, Children, Interesting

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• Poems, like dreams, are a sort of royal road to the unconscious. They tell you what your secret self cannot express.

  Erica Jong

  Dream, Self, Secret

  Erica Jong (2013). “Sappho's Leap: A Novel”, p.383, Open Road Media

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• The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.

  Winston Churchill

  Army, British Navy, Tradition

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• When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?

  Robin Williams

  Funny, Humor, Reality

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• By the way, when you finish the bottle of Crown Royal, you can still use the pouch to hold your broken dreams.

  Jon Stewart

  Dream, Broken, Bottles

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• Having photographs around the house is fine - if they're royal and on the grand piano.

  Nicholas Haslam

  Upper Class, Piano, House

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