Queen Quotes

It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world.

I don't believe there is a clash between cultures. I believe there is a clash between perceptions of each other.

1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it hasturned out to be an Annus Horribilis.

[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn't a servant because they don't slam doors.

You just have to connect with people who believe in your vision and who will work with you and advance your cause.

I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.

I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.

If we are to prosper together in our increasingly small world, we must listen to -- and learn from each other's stories

Oh, that peace may come.

Think what we would have missed if we had never ... used a mobile phone or surfed the Net -- or, to be honest, listened to other people talking about surfing the Net.

God has neither form nor shape under which we can know Him; when he speaks of Himself in metaphors and similes, He is adapting Himself to our foolishness, our limited capacity.

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate them.

Sometimes I pray when I really feel like I need God to help me with something, and sometimes we just have conversations. We just kick it.

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

Ignorance is not innocence.

All my possessions for a moment of time.

I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.

I believe that if we want our children to understand the world beyond their classroom, we must bring the world into their classroom.

Edward lives as if there is no tomorrow, Richard as if he wants no tomorrow, and George as though someone should give it to him for free.

This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.

I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not women

Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.

Travelers are the greatest ambassadors of tolerance.

You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.

In the poorest countries...it is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty...and preparing another generation for...leading their countries into real security.

It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.

I designed my whole image. That was all me. I just bought some regular clothes, threw a medallion around my neck, and that was it. The next thing I know, that's the look.

It would not be difficult to be a better ruler than I was: for I admit that I ruled badly; and even if I was fortunate enough to satisfy my subjects, I was not fortunate enough to satisfy myself.

Affairs go on, and all will take some shape or other, but it keeps one in hot water all the time.

I was born, have lived, and will die free.

Women are never so strong as after their defeat.

If there are kids who want to follow in my footsteps, I'd say that my shoes are too big for them to fill! But their shoe size is just perfect.

We read for instruction, for correction, and for consolation.

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.

Life is too short to be able to love as one should.

I am not one to turn down macaroni and cheese, even late at night. I love Italian food. I love pasta... A refrigerator full of water and Gatorade? Honey, that's just not gonna happen.

Everybody grows but me.

I'm proud of everything I do, but I think I'm the most happy about becoming a rapper. It was my entrance into everything. That helped me get into acting.

I had never imagined myself, nor aspired to be, a member of a royal family. I wanted to be in the Peace Corps, not a princess!

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.

You should be more afraid of a stupid man than of an evil one.

The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.

Nothing's far when one wants to get there.

I like Pirate's Booty. Prunes and olives, too. I love hummus. I can eat that until I die. I tend to eat mostly organic food.

New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, to Jerry Lewis to Bon Jovi to Frank Sinatra.

Kindness is stronger than iron bars.

I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.