Elizabeth Quotes

This Earle of Oxford, making of his low obeisance to Queen Elizabeth, happened to let a Fart, at which he was so abashed and ashamed that he went to Travell, 7 yeares. On his returne the Queen welcomed him home, and sayd, My Lord, I had forgott the Fart.

I remember watching Cate Blanchett in 'Elizabeth' and feeling like for the first time - even though that time period wasn't happening now - that I believed that role.

I was thrust, excitingly, via 'Elizabeth' and 'Shakespeare in Love,' into a position one can only dream of, but it was startling, too. I was offered a multitude of roles riding horses in flouncy shirts, and I just thought, 'Hang on, I've just done that. What next?'

My mother Elizabeth Ivey Brubeck was a pianist who studied with Dame Myra Hess and Tobias Matthey. As a child in California I used to listen to her play Chopin.

'Elizabeth' is something I've looked to a lot for a strong female leader.

Elizabeth's back at the red cross, and I'm walking the dog.

In newspaper literature woman made her entrance at an early period and in an important manner. The first daily newspaper in the world was established and edited by a woman, Elizabeth Malet, in London, March, 1702. It was called The Daily Courant.

Mr. Darcy began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention.

Elizabeth's voice had a door in it. When you opened that door you found another door, and that door opened yet another door. All the doors were nice and led out of her.

The most moving scene for me in 'Pride and Prejudice' is the Pemberley music room scene: Elizabeth has just saved Darcy's sister from embarrassment and confusion, and as the music plays on, Darcy's look of gratitude becomes a look of love, which we see reciprocated in Elizabeth's eyes.

There's only one Elizabeth like me and that's the Queen.

Obviously one would hope one would have as much support as possible from all walks of life, i am a great fan of Elizabeth and as for what people do and why they don't do it, I am not going to speculate.

Growing up in America, even in the rougher parts of Elizabeth, I had two nice playgrounds to choose from as a child.

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.

Certainly from the rehearsal process with Elizabeth I think it was very clear. Well let me start again. We were initially supposed to be more combative.

Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle.

Oh,Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer.

Elizabeth lifted her skirt, disregarding modesty, and delivered a swift kick to the creature's head.

It would be all right with me. I'd probably get a car and driver out of it.

Elizabeth, you resemble nothing so much as a hen trying to hatch a book.

It is a pity that Elizabeth and I cannot marry each other. Our children would have gained mastery over the whole world.

After the subjection of Ireland by [Queen] Elizabeth, the more difficult task still remained; to civilize the barbarous inhabitants, to reconcile them to law and industry Ulster, from being the most wild and disorderly province of all Ireland, soon became the best cultivated and most civilized.