Majesty Quotes - Page 10

I love the majesty of human suffering.

Alfred de Vigny

Suffering, Human Suffering, Humans

La Maison du Berger (1844)

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In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke.

Ville Valo

Lying, Mean, Thinking

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We thought the Duke would have been pleased if the King's Majesty would have married his daughter, but nothing came of that--' Squints, and has freckles,' said Caspian. Oh, poor girl,' said Lucy.

C. S. Lewis

Girl, Daughter, Kings

C. S. Lewis (2010). “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”, p.17, HarperCollins UK

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Am I to understand,' said Reepicheep to Lucy after a long stare at Eustace, 'That this singularly discourteous person is under your Majesty's protection? Because, if not--

C. S. Lewis

Long, Protection, Said

C. S. Lewis (2010). “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”, p.14, HarperCollins UK

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Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,
For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain.
America, America, man sheds his waste on thee,
And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea.

George Carlin

Beautiful, Song, Nature

"Class Clown". Comedy album by George Carlin, 1972.

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The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.

William Shakespeare

Kings, Rain, Heart

'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. [182]

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Her Majesty's government is engaging not merely in Orwellian Newspeak but in self-defeating Orwellian Newspeak. The broader message it sends is that ours is a weak culture so unconfident and insecure that if you bomb us and kill us our first urge is to find a way to flatter and apologize to you.

Mark Steyn

Insecure, Government, Self

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Why should your majesty think it? My own plans are made. While I may, I sail East in Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I row East in my coracle. When that sinks, shall I paddle East with my four paws. Then, when I can swim no longer, if I have not yet reached Aslan's Country, there shall I sink with my nose to the sunrise... and Peepiceek will be head of Talking Mice in Narnia

C. S. Lewis

Country, Thinking, Talking

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Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence.

Jasper Fforde

Verbs, Sentences

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The greatest work of art about New York? The question seems nebulous. The city's magic and majesty are distilled in the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz and Paul Strand.

Jerry Saltz

Art, New York, Cities

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Her Majesty said she hoped I would have time for my horses - I own two and have shares in four.

Alex Ferguson

Horse, Two, Four

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It’s dangerous to assume that because a person is drawn to holiness in his study that he is thereby a holy man. There is irony here. I am sure that the reason I have a deep hunger to learn of the holiness of God is precisely because I am not holy. I am a profane man—a man who spends more time out of the temple than in it. But I have had just enough of a taste of the majesty of God to want more. I know what it means to be a forgiven man and what it means to be sent on a mission. My soul cries for more. My soul needs more.

R. C. Sproul

Mean, Men, Here I Am

R. C. Sproul (2013). “The Holiness of God”, p.33, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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In awe, I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebony void of infinite space wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter and Mars hang, for ever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at all this I thought... I must put a roof on this toilet.

Les Dawson

Moon, Space, Heaven

Les Dawson (2012). “Les Dawson's Joke Book”, p.19, Michael O'Mara Books

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O, beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain.

Katharine Lee Bates

Beautiful, 4th Of July, Sky

"America the Beautiful" (song) (1893)

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I've taught the better class of tourist both to see and not to see; to lift their eyes above and beyond the inessentials, and thrill to our western Nature in her majesty.

Jonathan Raban

Eye, Class, Tourists

"Looking Together: Writers on Art". Book by Rebecca Brown and Mary Jane Knecht, April 30, 2009.

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Good Evening , Sir John. I hope that you will accept a little gift from me.' I should be honored, Your Majesty.' I want to give you a little carved stool from my privy chambers. A pretty little piece from France. I hope you will like it.' I should be grateful.' It is for your daughter. For Jane. To sit on. She seems not to have a seat of her own but she must borrow mine.

Philippa Gregory

Daughter, Grateful, Giving

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Your Majesty would have a perfect right to strike off his head," said Peridan. "Such an assault as he made puts him on a level with assassins." "It is very true," said Edmund. "But even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did." And he looked very thoughtful.

C. S. Lewis

Thoughtful, Perfect, Levels

C.S.Lewis (2016). “The Chronicles of Narnia Vol V: The Horse and his Boy”, p.160, ENRICH CULTURE GROUP LIMITED

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Do you like to slide?" His voice was eager. Stair rails! Did he suspect me? I forced a sigh. "No, Majesty. I'm terrified of heights." "Oh." His polite tone had returned. "I wish I could enjoy it. This fear of heights is an affliction." He nodded, a show of sympathy but not much interest. I was losing him. "Especially," I added, "as I've grown taller.

Gail Carson Levine

Voice, Wish, Tone

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As he passed me, he leaned to Curran and handed him a paper fan folded from some sort of flyer. Curran looked at the fan. “What?” "An emergency precaution, Your Majesty. In case the lady faints.” Curran just stared at him. Raphael strode toward the Pit, turned, flexed a bit, and winked at me. "Give me that,” I told Curran. “I need to fan myself.” "No, you don’t.

Ilona Andrews

Giving, Fans, Needs

Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.201, Penguin

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Very well." He sat cross-legged on the floor of the cage. "You haven't run off so you want to talk. I will hear your explanation now." "Really, Your Majesty? So good of you to condescend. I'll try to use small words and go slow." "You're wasting my time. I know Jim betrayed me and you're covering for him. This is your chance to dazzle me wih your brillance or baffle me with your bullshit. You won't get another. When I get out, I won't be in the mood to listen.

Ilona Andrews

Running, Bullshit, Trying

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Your Majesty, you just-" Costis stopped. "Just what?" the king prompted wickedly. Nothing would induce Costis to say out loud that the king had almost fallen from the palace wall and that Costis had seen him manifestly saved by the God of Thieves. The king smiled. "Cat got your tongue?" "Your Majesty, you are drunk," Costis pleaded. "I am. What's your excuse?

Megan Whalen Turner

Kings, Wall, Cat

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He has his good side and his bad side. Very dark indeed is his majesty when he wants to be. When he was young, he made a choice, like a tree does when it decides to grow one way or the other. He grew large and green until he shadowed over the whole forest, but most of his branches are twisted.

Nancy Farmer

Dark, Choices, Tree

Nancy Farmer (2010). “The House of the Scorpion”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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My sisters and I cannot spend any substantial time searching for Wickham, as we are each commanded by His Majesty to defend Hertfordshire from all enemies until such time as we are dead, rendered lame, or married.

Seth Grahame-Smith

Enemy, Lame, Married

Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith (2009). “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”, p.252, Quirk Books

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Calf love doesn't usually survive amputation, Your Majesty.

Megan Whalen Turner

Amputation, Calves, King Of Attolia

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Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows - then let your heart say in silence, "God rests in reason." And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky, - then let your heart say in awe, "God moves in passion.

Khalil Gibran

Moving, Passion, Heart

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.82, Lulu.com

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