Lorde Quotes

I was like, 'Prince, prince. Prince Ali. People know that from 'Aladdin.' I'm a big fan of Muhammad Ali. I can't be Muhammad Ali. I'm looking up royal - Mustafa. Mustafa's a royal name. Prince Mustafa, OK fine.' Prince Mustafa Ali came from that, and it's an easier name for people to remember, too: Prince Ali.

It feels really good to embrace exactly who I am and be my sexy, to be my sexualized, to be my woman.

Those two are carved from the same tree." the queen said. By the same blade." The high king answered and offered her his arm in splendid dignity

Of course it's super special to create your own records; it really is a part of my self.

Nobility is often no more than the inner aspect which our egotistical feelings assume when we have not yet named and classified them.

I'm a short woman with a pretty good body and large breasts — that's not what I think of as sexy.

I think your life informs your art.

I was like 14 and decided I wanted to be a rapper, so I needed a hip rapper name. I was with one of my friends in class and literally went through a thesaurus. I saw "temper" and thought, "I like this, but it's too much." My friend was like, "What about Tinie for tiny," and that was that.

Somebody has said, that a king may make a nobleman but he cannot make a gentleman.

Every day I think about where I come from and I am still proud to be who I am: first, a Kabyle from La Castellane, then an Algerian from Marseille, and then a Frenchman.

News flash, lady. There are no queens anymore,” Shane said. He loaded shells in a shotgun and snapped it shut, then searched for a place to strap it on that didn’t interfere with the flamethrower. “No queens, no kings, no emperors. Not in America. Only CEOs. Same thing, but not so many crowns.

I'm not interested in being a wife. I'm interested in being an empress.

If you see yourself as a kingly type, then you need your serfs and your army and so on around you.

Remember this, boy. All dwarfs may be bastards, yet not all bastards need be dwarfs." And with that he turned and sauntered back into the feast, whistling a tune. When he opened the door, the light from within threw his shadow clear across the yard, and for just a moment Tyrion Lannister stood tall as a king.

No woman wants to see herself too clearly.

I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.

All I say is, kings is kings, and you got to make allowances. Take them all around, they're a mighty ornery lot. It's the way they're raised.

I am not my sister's keeper. I am my sister.

I'm sure my first nine years have had a powerful influence on the kind of books I write.

Kings and philosophers defecate, and so do ladies.

Today nobility is gone: there is only a peerage.

I am a count, not a saint.

Wearing a dress shows I can be as feminine as I want. I'm a heterosexual...big deal, but if I was a homosexual, it wouldn't matter, either.

People are fascinated by the rich: Shakespeare wrote plays about kings, not beggars.

It's funny, I don't even consider myself a rapper, I don't consider myself a designer, or even an actor. I just like creating stuff and trying to make good work, whatever it is. I don't care if it's designing toothbrushes. It's just making cool stuff to leave behind, that's all it is, it's nothing more.