#kings

One true king knew when to step aside and give up the reins of power—to remove his crown and relinquish his kingdom—all for the sake of glimpsing, just once in a lifetime, the face of a holy child. He was the Fourth to follow the Star. His gift was a secret. The rest of his journey is unknown. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#christmas-star #gift #holy #holy-child #king

The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#happy #i #kings #number #should

Commenced operations in the Valley of the Kings. ↗

— Howard Carter

#kings #operations #valley

In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped and trusted they would do. ↗

— Hugo Black

#founders #government #hoped #led #newspapers

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides. ↗

— Euripides

#better #better chance #both #both sides #chance

We can certainly go further than cats, but why should it be that our brains are somehow so suited to the universe that our brains will be able to understand the deepest workings? ↗

— Brian Greene

#brains #cats #certainly #deepest #further

The 1960s were big for folk music, and the Kingston Trio led the way. They were the ones who started it all. The music was fresh and alive. College kids loved it and their parents did, too. ↗

— George Grove

#big #college #college kids #did #folk

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech. ↗

— Hesiod

#evil #her #justice #kings #path

I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear I like my toast done on one side ..." (Englishman in New York) ↗

— Sting

#food #likings #preferences #tea #toast

In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen. ↗

— Ted Koppel

#days #fools #had #kings #network