#prince

Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be. ↗

— Princess Diana

#cracked #princess #up

Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essentail matters. They never say to you, “What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?” Instead, they demand: “How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?” Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him. If you were to say to the grown-ups: “I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof,” they would not be able to get an idea of that house at all. You have have to say to them: “I saw a house that cost $20,000.” Then they would exclaim: “Oh, what a pretty house that is! ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#beauty

This is not the way these tales end," Calliope said firmly. "This is not the way that things end when they get to be tales," Amatus said, "but since ours is not yet told, we cannot count on it. There were a hundred dead princes on the thorns outside Sleeping Beauty's castle, and I'm sure many of them were splendid fellows. ↗

— John Barnes

#calliope #dead-princes #sleeping-beauty #stories #tales

He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#eye #none #prince #those

The word must is not to be used to princes. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#princes #used #word

Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#loving #may #more #never #prince

You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve. ↗

— King Edward VIII

#did #empire #forget #i #i want you

Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#also #animated #anyone #entrusted #love

I think Prince should open up a little more to other artists. Just because we love Prince. Especially the old stuff - we love him to death. But if he opened up he would be something to deal with. Imagine Kanye West producing a Prince track? It would be banoodles! ↗

— Jamie Foxx

#because #deal #death #especially #him

I can't just only be on reality TV and show everything when it's the fairy princess, fairytale, and then not take my hits when I have to. ↗

— Bethenny Frankel

#fairy #fairytale #hits #i #just