“In literature and in art, alike, this gloomy fashion of regarding Death has been characteristic of Christianity. Death has been painted as a skeleton grasping a scythe, a grinning skull, a threatening figure with terrible face and uplifted dart, a bony scarecrow shaking an hourglass - all that could alarm and repel has been gathered round this rightly-named King of Terrors.” Has BeensArtFacesLiteratureChristianityFashionFiguresKingsTerribleRoundsTerrorSymbolsCharacteristicsThreateningShakingAlarmsSkullsGloomySkeletonsGraspingGrinningScarecrowHourglassScythes Book:The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant Source: The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant
“My mother had heard all about miniskirts but had never seen one so I took her for lunch at Alvaro's [in Chelsea]. We walked down the King's Road and waited 10 seconds for our first miniskirt and a girl came along with her skirt tucked round her arse. I said: 'What do you think, ma?' And she said: 'If it's not for sale, you shouldn't put it in the window!'” IfsThinkingFirstsSaidMotherGirlHeardKingsWindowRoundsSecondsLunchSkirtsChelseaArses Author:Michael Caine
“The cold hand of history, which is for ever robbing us of some of our oldest and best cherished stories, points rigidly to the fact that no such person as King Arthur ever presided over a Round Table. Be this as it may, romance still hugs her heroes to her heart as possessions to be not willingly let die.” HeartMayPersonsStillsFactsStoriesHandsRomanceDiesColdKingsHeroTablesRoundsPossessionHugArthurRobbingKing Arthur Book:Myths and Legends of the Middle Ages Source: Myths and Legends of the Middle Ages
“... A nation has to take its natural course Of Progress round and round in circles From King to Mob to King to Mob to King Until the eddy of it eddies out.” CoursesNationsNaturalProgressKingsRoundsCircles Book:The poetry of Robert Frost Source: The poetry of Robert Frost
“One must believe neither the people of the palace, who ordinarily measure the power of the king by the shape of his crown, which, being round, has no end, nor those who, in the excesses of an indiscreet zeal, proclaim themselves openly as partisans of Rome.” PeopleBelieveEndsKingsShapesRoundsRomeExcessCrownsPalacesZealPartisans Author:Cardinal Richelieu
“For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground, and tell sad stories of the death of kings... All murdered; for within the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples of a king, keeps Death his court... and with a little pin bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!” LittlesStoriesWallKingsCourtRoundsSakeMortalsTemplesCrownsBoresFarewellCastlesHollowPinsSad StoryCastle Walls Author:William Shakespeare
“I'm the king of the world, I am the greatest, I'm Muhammed Ali, I shook up the world, I am the greatest, I'm king of the world, I'm pretty, I'm pretty, I'm a baaaad man, you heard me I'm a baaad man, Archie Moore fell in four, Liston wanted me more, so since he's so great, I'm a make him fall in eight, I'm a baaad man, I'm king of the world! I'm 22 years old and ain't gotta mark on my face, I'm pretty, I easily survived six rounds with that ugly bear, because I am the greatest.” MenWorldYearsWantedFacesFallFourHeardBearsKingsSixMarkRoundsUglyEightSurvived Author:Muhammad Ali
“Look at the Bethlehem birth. A king ordered a census. Joseph was forced to travel. Mary, as round as a ladybug, bounced on a donkey's back. The hotel was full. The hour was late. The event was one big hassle. Yet, out of the hassle, hope was born. It still is.” LooksStillsBigsBornHoursEventsBirthKingsLateRoundsHotelMaryDonkeyBethlehemCensusHassleLadybugs Author:Max Lucado