Alfred Denning, Baron Denning (1899–1999) British judge
Speech to Justice, London (28 June 1977), quoted in The Times (29 June 1977), p. 4
Alfred Denning, Baron Denning (1899–1999) British judge
Speech to Justice, London (28 June 1977), quoted in The Times (29 June 1977), p. 4
“My Pussy Queen
Knows all my secrets.
I'll never fall in love again.”
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, Never for Ever (1980)
John Cleese (1939) actor from England
cue Python sketch: "Upper Class Twit of the Year"
From PBS series Monty Python's Personal Best: John Cleese's Personal Best (2006), playing role of senile old man.
Doug Ford (1964) 26th Premier of Ontario
On anti-lockdown protestors in Queen's Park https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/a-bunch-of-yahoos-ont-premier-says-of-people-protesting-covid-19-emergency-measures-1.4911861 (25 April 2020) <br class="br">2020
P.G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) English author
Indicating with a reserved gesture that this was just the sort of loony thing I should have expected her to think as a child, I returned to the point.
Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
“Oh! Who am I; a mere Prime Minister before the queen of song.”
M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916–2004) singer,Carnatic vocalist
Once Pandit Jawhar Lal Nehru heard Subbalakshmi when he could not help exclaiming, as quoted here in "Greatness of Spirit: Profiles of Indian Magsaysay Award Winners", page=58.
About M.S.
“You’re a queen, your crown doesn’t have a bloodline It’s only passed on to someone more beautiful.”
Suraj Sani (1996) Nigerian writer, Spoken word artist
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10937453-you-re-a-queen-your-crown-doesn-t-have-a-bloodline-it-s
Vajiralongkorn (1952) King of Thailand
Source: "Thailand’s new king addresses the public after his gilded coronation" in The Washington Post https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:fY8Vv0ocxokJ:https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/thailands-new-king-addresses-the-public-after-his-gilded-coronation/2019/05/06/b517354c-6e85-11e9-bbe7-1c798fb80536_story.html+&cd=11&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us (6 May 2019)
“Behind of a great queen is always a great king.”
José Hermano Saraiva (1919–2012) Historian, Jurist, Politician
Original: (pt) Por trás de uma grande rainha está sempre um grande rei.
Source: "A Alma e a Gente - D. Maria II, A Rainha da Regeneração"
W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) English librettist of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo
H.M.S. Pinafore (1878)
Source: 1878, HMS Pinafore, act 2, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 353-354 (2005)
George Bernard Shaw Caesar and Cleopatra
Act II; sometimes paraphrased as: The customs of your tribe are not laws of nature.
1890s, Caesar and Cleopatra (1898)