Quotes about queen (513 quotes, page 6)

“Our laws are being disregarded right and left. The mobs are out. The police are being subjected to violence. Intimidation and violence are contrary to the law of the land. It should be condemned by every responsible citizen. We have the finest police force in the world. It is under the Queen that they defend our laws, and it is under the Queen that we should support them.”

Alfred Denning, Baron Denning (1899–1999) British judge

Speech to Justice, London (28 June 1977), quoted in The Times (29 June 1977), p. 4

World , Support , Law

“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)

Love , Secret , Making love

“My biggest regret? Not being knighted by the Queen. I should have been a knight, and I would have been knighted, if I hadn't written one horrible horrible Python sketch which I deeply deeply regret”

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.

“We have a bunch of yahoos out in the front of Queen’s Park sitting there protesting that the place isn’t open, as they are breaking the law. And putting everyone in jeopardy, putting themselves in jeopardy, putting workers in jeopardy and god forbid one of them ends up in the hospital down the street.”

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)
2020

God , Law

“You have heard the queen's advice. My gift is below. Would you wait to see it until you have decided what you will do with hers?”

Megan Whalen Turner book A Conspiracy of Kings

Eugenides to Sophos
A Conspiracy of Kings (2010)

Waiting

“When I was a child, I used to think that rabbits were gnomes, and that if I held my breath and stayed quite still, I should see the fairy queen.”

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)

Thinking

“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

Beauty

“The wife of a king is well known as the queen. But the queen's husband is mostly scorned to the title of prince.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“I and the queen are pleased and delighted to see the people having goodwill. Your unity in showing your goodwill is a good sign for everyone to do good things for the prosperity of the nation.”

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)

People