#kings

The case decided on Thursday, though, seemed promising to takings fans because it wasn't about compensation. It was about the requirement that any government taking must have a "public purpose." ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#any #because #case #compensation #decided

Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world. ↗

— Aaron Klug

#curiosity #force #human #know #natural

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others. ↗

— Sallust

#always #bad #good #kings #mistrust

I think gold is made for kings and pharaohs - that's what I am. ↗

— Big Sean

#gold #i #i am #i think #kings

He put a ring in the toe of a stocking. On Christmas Eve, we opened our stockings and it was there at the bottom of the toe. Then he got down on his knees and he was shaking. ↗

— Kyra Sedgwick

#christmas #christmas eve #down #eve #got

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#content #crown #enjoy #kings #seldom

I am 73 years old. I've seen everything. I've met the kings, the queens, the presidents, I've been around the world. I have one thing that I would like to do: to try to reach peace. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#around #been #everything #i #i am

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#born #hallucination #kings #made

No. Better research needed. Fire your research person. No fishnet stockings. Never. Not in this band. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#better #fire #fishnet #needed #never

It is evident that in the period designated as that of the kings, when Rome commenced her career of conquest, she was, for that time and country, a great and wealthy city. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#city #commenced #conquest #country #designated