Mike Leach Quotes

The country of Britain is wonderful because of its royalty.

The Royal Family have always had an interest in a number of different areas of society. We are a part of society.

I like all the families in the U.K. But what I like about the idea of the royal family is... they seem like they're well educated and there's something admirable about them. And the Queen... she reminds me of my grandma.

Kings! Why, what's a king? .... Is their blood purer than our own? We are all the seed of Abraham!

Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die, But leave us still our old nobility.

Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But every Englishman loves a pedigree.

I have wondered sometimes if there are not perhaps some disadvantages in having really blue blood in one's veins, like grandmamma and me.

The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise that.

I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.

The Royal family to me are not England, and they are not the flag.

I think it would be nice to be a prince.

A family on the throne is an interesting idea.... It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.

What is the use of your pedigrees?

Somewhere among every man's ancestors is a prince or a lord, a priest or a saint, and don't forget it. Wake up! Inherit the wealth of your ancestors!.. Stop living like a mouse, live like the rich people do.

Monarchy and aristocracy, valuable and useful as I think them, are still valuable and useful as means, and not as ends.

I never liked the idea of the 'Royal Family' film. I always thought it was a rotten idea.

What is high birth to him to whom high birth has never been the theme of his contemplation? What is a throne to him who has never dreamed of a throne?

I don't think I have enough German blood in me to get into the royal family.

Great families of yesterday we show, And lords, whose parents were the Lord knows who.

Her mother was a Rutherford. The family came over in the ark, and were connected by marriage with Henry the VIII. On her father's side they date back further than Adam. On the topmost branches of her family tree there's a superior breed of monkeys with very fine silky hair and extra long tails.

I really like England. I like the lifestyle and the country. The history. The culture, which London is full of. The country pursuits.

Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat cake' line. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type.

Obviously I've had this fascination with aristocracy my whole life. Like, the kings and queens of 500 years ago... they're like rock stars. If there was a 'TMZ' 500 years ago, it would be about, like, Henry VIII and Marie Antoinette and all those people.

I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.

I'm not a royal family watcher.