Quotes about kin
kings knowledge thinking
Francis Bacon A king that would not feel his crown too heavy for him, must wear it every day; but if he think it too light, he knoweth not of what metal it is made.
kings son too-much
Francis Bacon That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she is the farther off.
kindness men grace
Francis Bacon If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
kings unique scotland
Forest Whitaker I found the people to be very kind and generous. It was unique because the crew was mainly Ugandan [filming The Last King of Scotland]. They had never done a film before. So, they were learning the process of making films, but at the same time they were also helping with the authenticity of the film.
kings character long
Forest Whitaker On the very last day of shooting [of The Last King of Scotlang], I remember wanting to get the [Idi Amin] character out of me right away, as much as I could. You literally take a bath to wash him off you. Luckily, I went into another part not so long afterwards, so I was kind of able to push it away a little bit. But speech patterns, and little sounds, particularly colloquial things, like the way you ask questions or might respond, were sticking with me, probably because I'd worked so hard to make it a part of my everyday way of expressing myself.
kings fun fall
Forest Whitaker I hope that audiences respond really positively. I think it's a very intense, entertaining film [The Last King of Scotland], because you're brought in on a fun ride, and slowly you fall into it as James [actor James McAvoy's character, Dr. Nicholas Garrigan] does. Nicholas is like the audience. I think it's a good ride for people. And you learn something, as well.
kings character opportunity
Forest Whitaker As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland]. And then, as a person, I had never been to the African continent. So, I knew, personally, it would reshape me.
kings warrior men
Forest Whitaker I was trying to capture this man's [Idi Amin] energy, and I did a lot of research in studying him. I tried to capture his 'Warrior King' energy inside of me as much as possible.
kings mean world
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. But it's me taking a stand for something that means something. And it's for the fighters who are up and coming. It's sort of the same stance Martin Luther King and Malcolm X made, so we could have freedoms, so everybody could tell the world that we're equal. The only thing I'm saying is that we are equal. So if you're not on nothing and I'm not on nothing, then let's go take the test. That's all I'm saying.
kindness compassion african-american
George Washington Carver How far you go in life depends on...
kings world graves
George Washington I had rather be in my grave than in my present situation, I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world; and yet they charge me with wanting to be a king.
kindness thinking simple
George Saunders I think kindness is a sort of gateway virtue - having that simple aspiration can get you into deep water very quickly - in a good way.
kindness regret advice
George Saunders What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.
kings history interesting
George Santayana History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. ...What is interesting is brought forward as if it had been central and efficacious in the march of events, and harmonies are turned into causes. Kings and generals are endowed with motives appropriate to what the historian values in their actions; plans are imputed to them prophetic of their actual achievements, while the thoughts that really preoccupied them remain buried in absolute oblivion.
kings eye aggravation
George P. Shultz It was an attempt to stick the Congress's finger in King Hussein's eye.
kings war character
George Meyer I don't like that The Simpsons are spokespeople for Burger King and MasterCard and Butterfinger. In the first Gulf War, I was really upset that the Simpsons characters were being drawn on tanks and bombs. But those are things that I don't control.
kings long fans
G-Eazy Success is just being able to do what I love for a living, spend all my time doing it, connect with fans, and continue that for a long f - king time.
kindness good-life doe
Fyodor Dostoevsky How good life is when one does something good and just!
kindness compassion law
Fyodor Dostoevsky Compassion is the chief law of human existence.
kind persons
Chrissy Teigen I'm not an inspirational quote kind of person.
kind enjoy performing
Chris O'Dowd I definitely enjoy an audience, when I'm performing. As I get older I'm kind of less comfortable at being demonstrative. I always fancied myself as a raconteur, but that never really worked out.
kind truck
Chris LeDoux Sleepin' in the truck wasn't so bad. Shoot, I kind of liked that, myself.
kind authority disposition
Chris Hayes My disposition as a human being is kind of a go-along-to-get-along person. I tend to trust authority.
kind economic keynes
George Soros I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes
kings past average
George Reisman The free market exists to promote prosperity and human life, and that is what it has accomplished, splendidly, with breathtaking brilliance. In the industrialized world, the average person today enjoys a standard of living superior to that of kings and emperors of the past. The whole world's population is capable of enjoying the same marvelous results, if it adopts economic freedom.
kings past promise
George Orwell In the past the need for a hierarchal form of society has been the doctrine specifically of the High. It had been preached by kings and aristocrats and the priests, lawyers and the like who were parasitical upon them, and it had generally been softened by promises of an imaginary world beyond the grave.
kings honor world
George R. R. Martin This world is twisted beyond hope, when lowborn smugglers must vouch for the honor of kings.
kings wall mean
George R. R. Martin Now I understand why King Stannis let the wildlings through the Wall. He means for us to eat them.
kings father wine
George R. R. Martin The city?" Tyrion was lost. "What city would that be?" "King's Landing. I am sending you to court." It was the last thing Tyrion Lannister would ever have anticipated. He reached for his wine, considered for a moment as he sipped. "And what am I to do there?" "Rule," his father said curtly.
kings wall mean
George R. R. Martin Free folk don't follow names, or little cloth animals sewn on a tunic," the King-Beyond-the-Wall had told him. "They won't dance for coins, they don't care how your style yourself or what that chain of office means or who your grandsire was. They follow strength. They follow the man.
kings children father
George R. R. Martin Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your father was not the first. King Jaehaerys once told me that madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, he said, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land.
kings names islands
George R. R. Martin Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is STARK.