King quotes

“You know, ih... if I'm a... a King, where's my power? Can I... can I form a government? Can I... can I l-levy a tax, declare a... a war? No! And yet I am the seat of all authority. Why? Because... the nation believes that when I s... I speak, I speak for them, but I can't speak.”

Colin Firth - King George VI

“A king knows what to do and does it. Even when it's hard.”
Laura Linney - Annabeth Markum

“Are you the one they call Beowulf? The Bee-Wolf. The bear. Such a strong man you are with the strength of a king. The king you will one day become.”
Angelina Jolie - Grendel's Mother

“- Phipps: When in public, a royal personage must refrain from chewing gum, using profanity, picking his nose, scratching his p... p... p... p... private parts and staring down the bust lines of visiting female dignitaries.
- Ralph: What the hell! That's everything!”

Richard Griffiths - Phipps
John Goodman - Ralph

“Father, you are a great king, because you love your country so much. Every blade of grass, every grain of sand, every rock in the river - you love all of Troy. That is the way I love Helen.”
Orlando Bloom - Paris

“The Emperor has been a prisoner in his own palace since the day that he was crowned, and has remained a prisoner since he abdicated. But now he's growing up, he may wonder why he's the only person in China who may not walk out of his own front door. I think the Emperor is the loneliest boy on Earth.”
Peter O'Toole - Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston

“All men with honor are kings. But not all kings have honor.”
Liam Neeson - Rob Roy

“My poor child. You're like Achilles; cursed by your greatness. You must never confuse your feelings with your duties, Alexander. A king must make public gestures for the common people. You will be nineteen this summer, and the girls already say you don't like them, you like Hephastion more.”

Angelina Jolie - Olympias

“You will be King soon. A Prince is not free to follow his heart. He must marry for the good of the kingdom.”
Sir Derek Jacobi - King

“Lieutenant, his father was more than the President, he was the tribal king! That makes him... Heir to the Ibo nation!”

Benjamin A. Onyango - Colonel Emanuel Okeze

“It's not enough simply to be the king. You must look and act like one.”
Peter O'Toole - Willingham

“Irulan shall be my wife, opening the way for an Atreides to take the throne.”
Kyle MacLachlan - Paul Atreides

“In the land of the infected, the immune man is king.”
Malcom McDowell - Kane

“- Tuptim: I remember my first rice festival. People come from everywhere to see the king. He bless all crops and it begin to rain. I think he was a God.
- Anna Leonowens: And now?
- Tuptim: He is also a man.”
Bai Ling - Tuptim
Jodie Foster - Anna

“- Zuba: Oh. No, son. I mean how could this happen? You told us you were a king. And a king does not get beat.
- Alex: Well, I am a king. I'm the... I'm the King of New York. It's - it's my stage name. I'm like, you know, it's - for when I perform.”
Bernie Mac - Zuba
Ben Stiller - Alex

“D'Artagnan, I have never known a finer man than you nor cared more for a friend, but if this king harms my son merely to take a lover, then this king will become my enemy. And so will any man who stands between that enemy and me.”

John Malkovich - Athos

“You have such perseverance, Bertie. You're the bravest man I know. You'll make a bloody good king.”
Geoffrey Rush - Lionel Logue

“A king isn't born, Alexander, he is made. By steel and by suffering. A king must know how to hurt those he loves. It's lonely. Ask anyone. Ask Heracles. Ask any of them. Fate is cruel. No man or woman can be too powerful or too beautiful without disaster befalling.”

Val Kilmer - Philip

“If they assassinate me, all of Sparta goes to war. Pray they're that stupid. Pray we're that lucky.”

Gerard Butler - King Leonidas

“I may be a king, but I'm a wrestler first.”
The Rock - Mathayus

“Mufasa's death was a terrible tragedy; but to lose Simba, who had barely begun to live... For me it is a deep personal loss. So it is with a heavy heart that I assume the throne. Yet, out of the ashes of this tragedy, we shall rise to greet the dawning of a new era... in which lion and hyena come together, in a great and glorious future!”
Jeremy Irons - Scar

“- King Miraz: There is still time to surrender.
- Peter Pevensie: Well, feel free.
- King Miraz: How many more must die for the throne?
- Peter Pevensie: Just one.”
Sergio Castellitto - King Miraz
William Moseley - Peter Pevensie

“Once I, once all of us, believed in serving something greater than ourselves. Aramis had his faith, Porthos his lust for life, D'Artagnan his devotion and I had Raoul. But we all had a common dream. That one day we would finally be able to serve a king who was worthy of the throne. It is what we dreamt, what we bled for, and what we have waited...” (continue)(continue reading)

John Malkovich - Athos

“- Fan Club Girl: Prince Charmont, are you a fast runner?
- Char: Not particularly, no. Why?
- Fan Club Girl: Get him!”

Susan Mary Ward - Fan Club Girl
Hugh Dancy - Char

“- Lionel Logue: Long pauses are good: they add solemnity to great occasions.
- King George VI: Then I'm the solemnest king who ever lived.”
Geoffrey Rush - Lionel Logue
Colin Firth - King George VI