Peter Diamandis Quotes

There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.

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

Historically, royal families have represented an institution. The institution is built on heritage, and is timeless in that sense.

We have nobility in Sweden, and it comes from the old British aristocracy.

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

What is the use of your pedigrees?

The king is from God, the law from the king.

When fiefs inspired military service, it is easily discerned why females could not inherit them; but the reason is at an end.

The - the early Rockefellers made their wealth from being in certain businesses and - and remained personally very wealthy. Tatas were different in the sense the future generations were not so wealthy. They - they were involved in the business, but most of the family wealth is put into trust, and the family did not, in fact, enjoy enormous wealth.

I have so much respect for the Queen and for Charles, and what the family represents. And yet there's still a conflict about whether we can abolish the class system while also having a Royal family.

There was a woman in Elizabeth I's court that happened to have the same family name as me.

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.

Her name was called Lady Helena Herring and her age was 25 and she mated well with the earl.

All the family money is for philanthropy, except for living expenses for my mother. She is 94 and isn't a big spender.

When vastly wealthy people say, 'I'm not leaving my kids any money,' it's typically not true.

Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.

I'd like to see a much more open Monarchy, myself. I used to think they were completely useless and we should get rid of them. I don't necessarily feel that way anymore. I'm still ambivalent, I still loathe the British class system, and the Royal family are the apex of the British class system.

Technically, I'm a knight. My family goes back a thousand years in the Naples area. We're a titled, noble people.

There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick.

And those are the Rich, who transmit what they have to their Posterity; whereby particular Families become rich; and of such are compounded Cities, Countries, Nations, etc.

Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla.

The right amount of money to leave children is enough money so that they would feel they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing

Because you are a great noble, you think you are a great genius! Nobility, a fortune, a rank, appointment to office: all this makes a man so proud! What did you do to earn all this? You took the trouble to get born—nothing more.

All privileges by legislation attached to nobility, title, and rank shall be abolished.

The Pedigree of Honey Does not concern the Bee- A Clover, any time, to him, Is Aristocracy-