Queen Quotes

There will never Queen sit in my seat with more zeal to my country, care to my subjects and that will sooner with willingness venture her life for your good and safety than myself. For it is my desire to live nor reign no longer than my life and reign shall be for your good. And though you have had, and may have, many princes more mighty and wise sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have, any that will be more careful and loving.

It would please me best if, at the last, a marble stone shall record that this queen, having lived such and such a time, lived and died a virgin.

Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.

I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.

I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.

I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.

I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.

We cheered the king and the queen on the balcony and then walked miles through the streets [end of world war]. I remember lines of unknown people linking arms and walking down Whitehall, all of us just swept along on a tide of happiness and relief. I think it was one of the most memorable nights of my life.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.

The monarchy is so extraordinarily useful. When Britain wins a battle she shouts, God save the Queen; when she loses, she votes down the prime minister.

You know, I designed the Queen crest, I simply combined all the creatures that represent our star signs and I don't even believe in astrology.

People are used to hard rock, energy music from Queen, yet with ['Killer Queen'] you almost expect Noel Coward to sing it. It's one of those bowler hat, black suspender belt numbers -- not that Coward would wear that.

I never carry money, just like the real Queen. If I fancy something in a shop I always ask someone on our staff to buy it.

I had a lot of ideas bursting to get out and there were a lot of musical territories I wanted to explore which I really couldn't do within Queen.

That was really when the Queen volcano erupted, when it suddenly just went bang!

I feel that the name Queen actually fitted that time. It lent itself to a lot of things, like the theatre, and it was grand. It was very pompous, with all kinds of connotations. It meant so much. It wasn't just one precise label. I was certainly aware of the gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it.

I thought up the name Queen early on. It couldn't have been King; it doesn't have the same ring or aura as Queen.

We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.

You know something? There's been a lot of rumors lately about a certain band called Queen. The rumors are that... The rumors are that we're gonna split up. What do you think? [audience replies "No!"] [Pointing to his posterior] They're talking from here!

I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film - after that, they can go away and say that was great, and go back to their problems. I don't want to change the world with our music. There are no hidden messages in our songs, except for some of Brian's.