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Crowns Quotes - Page 4

If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.

If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Macbeth Act I, Scene 3, l. 143

Our holy lives must win a new world's crown.

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Fenton John Anthony Hort, Nicholas Rowe (1790). “Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes”, p.138

Content's a kingdom, and I wear that crown.

c.1607 A Woman Killed with Kindness, sc.7.

A crown should not sit easy on the head.

George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.764, Bantam

No one who wears a crown is ever safe.

George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.181, Bantam

All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns.

George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1647, Bantam

From the crown of my head to the soles of my feet I am Bolshevik, and proud of it.

"The Day of the People" by Eugene V. Debs in "The Class Struggle", Volume III, No. 1 (February 1919); later quoted in "International Socialist Review", Volume 29, No. 2 (pp. 55-57), www.marxists.org. March/April 1968.

Years place at last a venerable crown upon a head.

Victor Hugo (1862). “Marius”, p.27

Forget the haters! They just want the crown!

Twitter post from Feb 20, 2015