Quotes of: Elizabeth Keyword

Like her father, Bess never forgot a hurt of a service.

His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester

We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.

Mary McLeod Bethune

Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.

Barbara Smith

I know politics is emotionally brutal; I've already had experience with the reality of smear campaigns, so I understand there will not be a path of roses laid before me.

Marianne Williamson

When someone tells me, 'Oh, we have so many problems on Earth; space exploration costs too much money,' I say, 'I absolutely agree with you. But I still hope we do it.'

Mary Roach

Burleigh, absolutely; and a lot about Elizabeth. I mean I found when I play Henry V a lot of connections with the hidden history of the connection between Francis Bacon and Elizabeth.

Mark Rylance

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

Harriet Ann Jacobs

You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth - she's Elizabeth the Second. There's only one Imelda.

Imelda Marcos

There is no amount of money I can make which could buffer my daughter from the horrors that will explode in our society if we do not address the huge amount of suffering in our midst.

Marianne Williamson

In our society, as people pass out of young adulthood, they tend to relate to themselves more in terms of what they are no longer than what they are now, and that's psychologically low-grade devastating.

Marianne Williamson

Certainly there is such a thing as chemical depression, and for that, obviously, there are issues that psychotherapists are much more expert at speaking to, but I think there is a low-grade depression that actually prevails in our society. And most o...

Marianne Williamson

Elizabeth: [to Christie the prostitute] What do you do? Patrick Bateman: She's my... cousin. Elizabeth: Mm-hmm. Patrick Bateman: She's from... France.

American Psycho

Elizabeth was counting on Marco to keep cousin Mary occupied until after the board meeting was over. A piece of cheese might catch a mouse, but an afternoon alone with a muscular masseur would ensnare her cousin far more effectively. And afterwards, ...

Being Elizabeth

Lionel Logue: [Bertie is lying on the floor, and Elizabeth is sitting on his chest] Take good deep breaths... [Bertie inhales] Lionel Logue: ...and up comes Her Royal Highness... and slowly exhale... [Bertie exhales] Lionel Logue: ...and down comes H...

The King's Speech

Norrington: I, uh, apologize if I seem forward, but I must speak my mind... Ah, this promotion throws into sharp relief that which I have... not yet achieved: a marriage to a fine woman. You have become a fine woman, Elizabeth. Elizabeth: [her corset...

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Elizabeth Bennet: And that put paid to it. I wonder who first discovered the power of poetry in driving away love? Mr. Darcy: I thought that poetry was the food of love. Elizabeth Bennet: Of a fine stout love, it may. But if it is only a vague inclin...

Pride & Prejudice

Elizabeth Bennet: Now if every man in the room does not end the evening in love with you then I am no judge of beauty. Jane Bennet: [giggles] Or men. Elizabeth Bennet: [laughs brightly] No, they are far too easy to judge. Jane Bennet: They're not all...

Pride & Prejudice

If love is a battlefield and we all get scars....These were my reminders…my necessary thorns.

Those Necessary Thorns: Desiree Elizabeth Taylor

Pain was the only sign to her that she was alive and could feel emotion.

His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester

Majesty, there is less danger in fearing too much than too little.

His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester

Fairy tales, because they have a very clear structure, are easier to interfere with. Also they have this really weird logic: the kind of logic that you only really experience when you're not feeling very well, or as a child.

Helen Oyeyemi