Abdicate The Throne Quotes & Sayings

Walk the midway and hear the carnival barker.
Come see the freak named after his deceased father.
Come see the prince who wants to abdicate his throne.
Come see the son whose name is carved on a gravestone. — Sherman Alexie

I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles. — Jessica Alba

If collapse is anything, it is a planetary immersion in the maelstrom of
paradox. Unless we understand and honor paradox, we will end up, like all of
the mainstream media on earth, asking all of the wrong questions. — Carolyn Baker

The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. — John Ashbery

Don't believe a teaching just because you've heard it from a man who's supposed to be holy, or because it's contained in a book supposed to be holy, or because all your friends and neighbors believe it. But whatever you've observed and analyzed for yourself and found to be reasonable and good, then accept that and put it into practice. — Gautama Buddha

Oh, don't let him pull that 'Pearl Harbor I'm going off to war' stuff on you. — Michael Hastings

Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it — Flannery O'Connor

Oddly, the most freeing thing we can ever do is to abdicate the throne of our own miniature kingdoms. — Beth Moore

If the financial system collapses, it's really, really hard to put it back together again. — Henry Paulson

Glen Shiel, Socttish Highlands, 1296
Strife abounds. King Edward of England has invaded the southern strongholds of Scotland and is pressuring King John of Scotland to abdicate. Several Scottish nobles, called Claimants, vie for his throne. The Cause divides the country, as each clan must choose and support a Claimant. Many contenders seek fortune and power, but a few seek Scotland's independence. Only by a great force can this be achieved. However, the road to independence is fraught with those that wish to see the Cause crushed, at any cost. — Jean M. Grant

I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body. — Arnold Schwarzenegger