“The musical flags of the world should fly at half mast because truly one of the greatest guitarists in the world and king of the blues has died. I have cherished him and so has the rest of the world who knew him and loved him for his entire career. As we pain, we must celebrate that his music, his style of playing and singing will last forever, from the recordings that he has done and the influence that he has had and will have on guitarists all over this planet. Long live the spirit of B.B. King.” WorldShouldLongDonePainLastsSpiritHalfCareersForeverInfluenceStylePlanetsKingsSingingDiedMusicalCelebrateFlagsGuitaristMasts Author:Stevie Wonder
“As in all Abercrombie's books, friends turn out to be enemies, enemies turn out to be friends; the line between good and evil is murky indeed; and nothing goes quite as we expect. With eye-popping plot twists and rollicking good action, Half a King is definitely a full adventure.” BookEyeActionTurnsEvilLinesHalfEnemyAdventureKingsGood And EvilPlotTwistsPoppingGood ActionsPlot Twists Author:Rick Riordan
“Half a King is my favorite book by Joe Abercrombie so far, and that's saying something.” BookHalfKingsMy FavoriteFavorite Book Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“What is Americanism? Every one has a different answer. Some people say it is never to submit to the dictation of a King. Others say Americanism is the pride of liberty and the defence of an insult to the flag with their gore. When some half-developed person tramples on that flag, we should be ready to pour out the blood of the nation, they say. But do we not sit in silence when that flag waves over living conditions which should be an insult to all patriotism?” PeopleShouldPersonsDifferentWarNationsAnswersHalfSilenceLibertyBloodConditionsReadyPrideKingsWaveInsultPatriotismFlagsSubmitDefenceGoreAmericanismDictationLiving Conditions Author:Anna Howard Shaw
“He [the King of Morocco] spends half his time asleep and the rest of it buried between the legs of the fairer sex.” SexHalfKingsLegsBuriedMorocco Author:Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
“Prince is king to me. As this half-naked, short black guy who looked like a girl in the 70s and 80s, he was talking about women in a way that was very unusual because he didn't objectify them.” WayGuyGirlBlackHalfTalkingKingsNakedUnusual80sBlack Guys Author:Robyn
“I've only read three books by Stephen King. When I was 10 I read 'The Long Walk,' one of his pseudonymous Bachman books. In my early 20s, while trapped on a family vacation, I read 'The Dark Half,' which taught me a word I have never forgotten: psychopomp. Now I have read '11/22/63.'” LongBookThreeDarkWalksHalfTaughtKingsForgottenVacationTrappedLong WalksEarly 20sFamily Vacation Author:Lev Grossman
“Saudia Arabia takes in half a trillion dollars every year in oil revenue, and the country has a population smaller than New York state, but when your system of government is an eleventh century monarchy, someone's going to end up poor, and it's not gonna be the guy whose first name is King.” YearsFirstsEndsCountryStatesGovernmentGuyNamesPoorHalfCenturyNew YorkKingsDollarsPopulationOilRevenueMonarchyArabiaSystems Of GovernmentNew York State Author:Craig Ferguson
“I am the King of Frost Giants. And if you've seen any of the Frost Giants, you know that I am, of course, the Napoleon of Frost Giants. We've got some massive, fabulous guys who dwarf me and come in at around eight-and-a-half feet, nine feet. But, no. Can't you tell by the commanding presence? I am the boss.” IfsKnowsGuyCoursesHalfFeetKingsEightNineGiantsMassiveBossFabulousFrostDwarfsDwarves Author:Colm Feore
“The book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story, I read it when I was about 17-and-a-half or 18. It changed my life.” BookStoriesHalfChangedKingsLutherChanged My LifeMontgomery Author:John Lewis
“Half the time, you go on any one of these news sites, whether it be a Yahoo or a Google, and one of the top headlines is always, "Did a comedian go too far?" or "Comedian offends." It's like, "Really? Comedian?" A person that's supposed to make funny and make silly and historically was the only person who was allowed to make fun of the king? We're the ones that you're taking seriously?” PersonsFunHalfGoes OnKingsNewsSillyComedianGoogleSiteHeadlines Author:Brad Williams
“Even in the era of the first black president, racism is still the most intractable issue in USA. Regarding poverty, half of all Americans are either in or near poverty. Poverty is certainly worse for African-Americans now than it was during King's lifetime.” FirstsStillsBlackPresidentHalfPovertyIssuesKingsRacismLifetimeAfrican AmericanErasUsa Author:Tavis Smiley
“If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.” IfsMenEyeJobsSuccessLiteratureCan DoWorkHalfKingsBlindKingdomsCynical Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“A daughter of a King of Ireland, heard A voice singing on a May Eve like this, And followed half awake and half asleep, Until she came into the Land of Faery, Where nobody gets old and godly and grave, Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, Where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue. And she is still there, busied with a dance Deep in the dewy shadow of a wood, Or where stars walk upon a mountain-top.” MayStillsStarsVoiceWalksHalfWiseHeardLandKingsMountainSingingDaughterShadowWoodsTongueGravesBitterAwakeIrelandGodlyCraftyMountain TopVoice Singing Book:The Land of Heart's Desire Source: The Land of Heart's Desire