Knighthood Quotes: top 30 famous quotes about Knighthood

Knighthood Quotes & Sayings

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The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous. — Thomas Bulfinch

The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with being an actor. — Anthony Hopkins

They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't ever think they'll die for it. — George R R Martin

There is remedy for all things except death - Don Quixote De La Mancha — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

emerges from logic, not desire. — Gregory Benford

Pain was as much a part of knighthood as were swords and shields. — George R R Martin

I've never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish and sea urchins. — Peter Benchley

Uneasy lies the head that wears a Knighthood — Dean Cavanagh

The job required the luxurious useless indoor fortitude it has always been my fortune to enjoy. — Gary Lutz

I like to be absorbed in what my character's doing. — Mia Wasikowska

I never accepted a knighthood because to me, is honour enough? — George Bernard Shaw

I feel like Ive been engaged to the British Empire since 1980 and tonight you have given me the ring knighthood. — Steven Spielberg

It's easy to pretend you don't care about anything, Stan. It's also cowardly. — Sean Beaudoin

I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life. — Alan Bennett

It even has the same phraseology as the English orders of knighthood, companions and this sort of thing. — George Woodcock

The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood. — Alex Ferguson

What if custom is wrong? demanded the part of her that believed in the code of chivalry. A knight must set things right. — Tamora Pierce

The point of a knighthood for British actors is to enable them to play butlers. — Alec Guinness

Why?" he asked Pate. "What am I to them?"
"A knight who remembered his vows," the smith said. — George R R Martin

I'm glad a genre writer has got a knighthood, but stunned that it was me. — Terry Pratchett

None of us is ever ready,' he (Ned) said. 'For knighthood?' 'For death. — George R R Martin

Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn't live off fame, but rather deeds. — Dejan Stojanovic

The knighthood I received was a fantastic honour but it's not something I've ever used and I don't think I ever will. — Sean Connery

In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped. — Arthur C. Clarke

None of us is ever ready," he said. "For knighthood?" "For death. — George R R Martin

We die as often as we lose a friend. — Publilius Syrus

A confident leader is like a duck. Above the water, he is calm and poised while below the water, he is driven by a flurry of focused activity. — Todd Stocker

When his apprenticeship was finished (the candidate for Knighthood) was received into the Knightly Order by a ritual of sacramental awe ... — Ariel Durant

More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life ... — Barbara Tuchman

Always Sir Arthur lost so much blood that it was a marvel he stood on his feet, but he was so full of knighthood that knightly he endured the pain. — Thomas Malory