Terry Pratchett Quotes

Yr crown has been bought and paid for. All you have to do is put it on yr head

Queens perhaps perform better in the role of monarch because they never take their position for granted. Many kings have failed because they believed that the public would love them whatever they did. Queens knew better.

Being queen is overrated.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.

A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.

I lack the strength needed to sustain the scepter. I abhorred it, but in the end I agreed to accept it in order to prevent evils to the country which was about to succumb anew, if not to the former slavery, at least to the horrors of anarchy.

It is the lot of a king to do well but to be ill spoken of.

All empire is no more than power in trust.

I know the title of a King is a glorious title, but assure yourself that the shining glory of princely authority hath not so dazzled the eyes of our understanding, but that we well know and remember that we also are to yield an account of our actions before the Great Judge.

I have no right to be a king, but I have the right to create a king.

You may rely upon one thing — I'll never engage in creating kings again; it's too great a strain.

A crown should not sit easy on the head.

A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.

A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position.

A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.

It's great to be queen!

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.

And then when they picked me as premiere, I don't think I feel, you know, different. For me, the position mean responsibility, but that's all.

Uneasy lies the head that craves the crown.

Could I imagine myself as king? Of course I could.