Emperor Quotes - Page 14

• If I were emperor of the world, I would put the pedal to the floor on energy efficiency and conservation for the next decade.

  Steven Chu

  Energy, World, Dinosaurs

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• Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.

  Saint Augustine

  Peace, War, Politics

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• I was thinking, "So, I’m Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now.

  Robert Graves

  Book, Thinking, People

  Robert Graves, Richard Francis (2000). “I, Claudius ; and, Claudius the god”, Carcanet Press Ltd.

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• I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.

  George Washington

  Home, Agriculture, World

  The Alumni Register of the University of Pennsylvania, p. 473, 1925.

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• Your worm is your only emperor for diet; we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots.

  William Shakespeare

  Hamlet Revenge, Fats, Maggots

  William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier (1839). “Hamlet”, p.61

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• Lee Marvin was there at the same time, and I knew obviously it was his movie [Emperor Of The North], and Ernie Borgnine was playing the other part in the movie.I met Marvin there at wardrobe, and he said, "What are you doing for lunch?" I said, "Nothing." He said, "C'mon with me!" And he took me to the commissary. I walked into the commissary with Lee Marvin at 20th Century Fox, and he introduced me to people. He said, "This's Keith Carradine. We're doin' this movie together." He was so cool. I mean, my God.

  Keith Carradine

  Mean, Lunch, People

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

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• Emperors are vain and useless things.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Useless Things, Useless, Vain

  Scott Westerfeld (2011). “Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan Trilogy: Leviathan; Behemoth; Goliath”, p.1110, Simon and Schuster

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• 'Tis but worldly policy and compliance with men and times (God's mercy overruling) that holds your hands from the murdering of thousands and ten thousands, were your power and command as great as the bloody Roman emperors' formerly was.

  Roger Williams

  Men, Hands, Mercy

  Source: www.libertymagazine.org

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• The House of Representatives, which was closer to the population, had much less power. The executive was more or less an administrator, not an emperor like today.

  Noam Chomsky

  House, Population, Today

  Interview with Jegan Vincent de Paul, chomsky.info. August 15, 2012.

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• The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.

  Zhuangzi

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

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