Quotes about Queens

You know, I do speak the Queens English. It's just the wrong Queens that's all. It's over the 59th Street Bridge. It's not over the Atlantic Ocean. Votes: 6

I'm a Queens boy at the end of the day. Votes: 4

I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York. Votes: 4

It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens. Votes: 4

I'm a girl from Queens. I've never gone, 'What am I doing today? Oh, I'm gonna grab a gun and learn how to use it.' Votes: 4

Tortall and the Queens Riders! Votes: 3

I had to do a lot of dancing in 'Queens of Country.' Votes: 3

I was born in Queens, New York, which is a suburb of New York City. Votes: 3

I love doing comedy. I did comedy for seven years on 'The King of Queens. Votes: 3

My family is from Elmhurst, Queens, 54th Avenue, but I was born in Northern California. Votes: 3

I mean, Manhattan is cool. But weird parts, I like that. Jamaica, Queens, that's great. Votes: 3

Me, I look in the mirror and all I see is this Jewish kid from Queens. Votes: 3

The world is full of Kings and Queens, Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams. Votes: 3

We lived in Yorkville until 1940, at which point we moved into the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens. Votes: 3

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling. Votes: 3

This red-fading-into-brown defines Queens for me; it is quiet and melancholy and postsuccessful, vaguely British in its disposition. Votes: 3

There were only two things you did in New York City, Queens to be exact, music or sports. Votes: 3

I have a great memory. And actually, I remember Russia in some ways better than I remember Queens. Votes: 3

I love eating at my dad's pub, the Queens Arms in Kilburn. It does a traditional Albanian spinach pie. Votes: 3

it's your own fault for encouraging him..., you know. Now he thinks he's a human being. Neal of Queens cove Votes: 3

As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J. Votes: 3

What --- you don't believe in true love?" Petra asked. "The kind that can then be parlayed into awesome merchandising opportunities?" - "Beauty Queens Votes: 3

Beauty is but a flower Which wrinkles will devour; Brightness falls from the air; Queens have died young and fair; Dust hath closed Helen's eye. Votes: 3

I loved doing the 'King of Queens', I have never had so much fun doing a show. People got to see a different side of me. Votes: 3

The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy in which he lived and, probably, the bank vaults he frequented. Votes: 3

[Juan Wauters] got the tips for Queens because he grew up there.So him and my roommate, Matt Volz, they hooked me up, New York Style. Votes: 3

Sometimes Queens' music is dark, but somehow it's ok to deliver it with a smile on your face because thing's are still going to kick in. Votes: 3

Sometimes Queens' music is dark, but somehow it's ok to deliver it with a smile on your face because thing's are still going to kick in. Votes: 3

Everybody must be managed. Queens must be managed. Kings must be managed, for men want managing almost as much as women, and that's saying a good deal. Votes: 3

I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children's theater when I was seven to get out of school because I didn't fit in. Votes: 3

I was born and raised in Queens and moved into the city as a young adult. Then I ended up acting and decided to run off to California. Votes: 3

I spent two weeks prancing around a studio in Queens in my underwear with nine other guys. They were long days. But what the hell, it was Calvin Klein. Votes: 3

I was born in Queens and spent many years there. After I got married, I moved to Kew Gardens, then moved to Baldwin, Long Island, where I still reside. Votes: 3

I'm a person who has, to a certain extent, redefined where I should be. I started off in Brooklyn and Queens and I wasn't supposed to come to Manhattan. Votes: 3

I was a student at Columbia College, actually, in the Architecture school. Paul would drive in from Queens, showing me these new songs. I can't remember us working it out. Votes: 3

When I did The Natural that album was done from the perspective of a kid from Queens that was 19-20 years old who doesn't know that much about the industry. Votes: 3

I had a little delivery van, and I did work around Queens. I was also a waiter at Red Lobster, so I was working on the business in between jobs. Votes: 3

You'll find little schools of musicians experimenting with different ways of making music in Brooklyn, all through Manhattan, in Queens, in Jersey, you know? The city is still bubbling with creativity. Votes: 3

I grew up in such a melting pot. There's more ethnicities in Queens than there is in any place on the planet. So you grow up knowing things about other cultures. Votes: 3

By the time I was 7, I did walk-ons, catalogue modeling, you name it. In the Queens where I grew up, you didn't go bowling on Saturday; you went to dancing school. Votes: 3

In the Bronx, you have the southern Italians; in Queens, the Greeks, Koreans and Chinese; in Brooklyn, the Jewish community; and in Harlem, the Hispanics - all with their own markets. Votes: 3

I'm not worried about facing the Sacramento Queens. Write it down. Take a picture. I'm not going to talk about this all year. When I get back, there's going to be trouble. Votes: 3

A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age. Votes: 3

I just produced Criminal, this remake of Nine Queens, and one of the things that appealed to me about Nine Queens is that it was a performance piece, and that's the most fun. Votes: 3

I graduated from college with a 3.92 GPA with a degree in computer programming and a BFA in fine arts and animation. My first job was painting a mural in the Grimaldis in Queens. Votes: 3

I graduated from college with a 3.92 GPA with a degree in computer programming and a BFA in fine arts and animation. My first job was painting a mural in the Grimaldi's in Queens. Votes: 3

The expression of this idea is Queens of the Stone Age, but the idea is that you will never slack on the music and will always humble yourself at the alter of Rock. Votes: 3

Our Feastival of Queens area, which featured five different authentic ethnic foods from Queens, was one of the most popular areas of the festival, and was written about in a number of different reviews. Votes: 3

The first time I played golf was in Flushing Meadows, Queens, when I was about 16 or 17. They had an 18-hole pitch-and-putt. My buddies and I would hop the fence and sneak on and play. Votes: 3

I look at my career as a body of work, not just Queens of the Stone Age records. I'm in Eagles of Death Metal, I'm in Them Crooked Vultures; I make records with other people. Votes: 3

I grew up in Queens, in New York City, in a middle class Jewish family. My mother was a public school teacher, my father was a lawyer. They were Democrats - kind of middle-of-the-road democrats. Votes: 3

But one sets of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I had an aunt and uncle in Queens, so in my heart I was a New Yorker. Votes: 3

I grew up in a semi-attached row house in Queens in New York. And my family and my grandparents and my father's from Brooklyn, and so you're essentially an outer boroughs kid, you're growing up. Votes: 3

I was born in Queens, New York. I've done every job you could think of in New York. Selling peanuts to Larry Fresh Fruit ices to dog walker to unloading trucks at the Jacob Javits Center. Votes: 3

I grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, with no money. I was taught not to take anything for granted. If you are too busy being a diva or a freak, then you are not enjoying it. Votes: 3

Thanksgiving was always a favorite holiday for me. The preparation was fun! My grandma and I would walk to the butcher on Jamaica Avenue in Queens, order the bird, and buy all the fixings at the market. Votes: 3

In Manhattan, and its true on some level till this day; its a whole different mentality from the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, which I didn't know at the time - because you basically just know your neighborhood. Votes: 3

I go to Queens for queens to get the crew from Brooklyn, Make money in Manhattan and never been tooken. Go Uptown and the Bronx to boogie down, Get strong on the Island, recoup, and lay around. Votes: 3

You want to know what pain is? Try running out of Advil when you've got a Category Five period. I've had cramps that would make grown men beg for a bullet between the eyes." - Jennifer, "Beauty Queens Votes: 3

From 1983 to 2000, William Goren stole more than $30 million from investors on Long Island and in Queens. His favorite targets were widows and retired couples, like Helga and Simon Novack, Holocaust survivors who gave Mr. Goren their life savings. Votes: 3

Queens is famous throughout the world for diversity and tolerance. But really it's what we have in common that makes our neighborhoods work, our students succeed, and our families able to care for children and grandparents as they can. Votes: 3

People born in Queens, raised to say that each morning they get on the subway and "go to the city," have a resentment of Manhattan, of the swiftness of its life and success of the people who live there. Votes: 3

I remember how my mom would take me on the subway from Queens to Broadway. We'd go to the offices of casting agents. Many doors were slammed in our faces. I was just a boy, but I remember that well. Votes: 3

I was in a very fancy, high-end boutique where the sales associates stand around like mannequins. I walked in and the first thing they said was, "Ooh it smells like booty in here" because they knew me from Scream Queens. Votes: 3

Those of Manhattan are the brokers on Wall Street and they talk of people who went to the same colleges; those from Queens are margin clerks in the back offices and they speak of friends who live in the same neighborhood. Votes: 3

I wouldn't mind working with Queens of the Stone Age, doing some guitar stuff on that. Even Arctic Monkeys. I'd like to do be a bit of guitar with them guys. I'll play on anyone's record to be honest with you. Votes: 3

Two centuries ago Carl Friedrich Gauss, one of the greatest mathematicians and a founder of number theory, described his brainchild as "the queen of mathematics." Queens are regal, but they are also largely decorative, and this nuance was not lost on Gauss. Votes: 3

This is going to make such a great story: How I nursed a pirate back to health and my love saved him," Miss Ohio said with a contented sigh. "And then we can have our own reality show about our relationship." - "Beauty Queens Votes: 3

Taylor clapped three times for attention. "Ladies! Ladies! My stars! That's enough. Now. We all know Miss Arkansas's girls are fake, Miss Ohio's easier than making cereal, and Miss Montana's dress is something my blind meemaw would wear to bingo night." - "Beauty Queens Votes: 3

I got a job as a children's librarian at PS 175 in Harlem, and that changed everything. That was an epiphany. I didn't know Harlem existed. I didn't know there was such a place, because I grew up in white Queens, where five miles is 100 miles. Votes: 3

I grew up in South Jamaica, Queens, in New York. My parents were very religious churchgoing people. They were very strict. I was never really allowed to indulge in anything vain. Modesty always. I have three brothers and two sisters, so everything was on a budget. Votes: 3

New Yorkers only cross water for visual culture if the water is an ocean. The East River throws us for a huge loop. If we started going to Queens and the Bronx for visual culture, many of our rent, space, and crowding problems would be over indefinitely. Votes: 3

Perhaps this was what Queens did. Perhaps they held their Kings in the darkness, deep within their castles and allowed them that moment of weakness they could never show to anyone else. Perhaps they gave strength to their Kings, because everyone else only took it from them. Votes: 3

Queens you must always be: queens to your lovers; queens to your husbands and your sons, queens of higher mystery to the world beyond. . . . But alas, you are too often idle and careless queens, grasping at majesty in the least things, while you abdicate it in the greatest. Votes: 3

I come from West London. I support a football team there called Queens Park Rangers, whom I'd like to give a shout-out to. I'm a die-hard Rangers fan. I think that I would always hopefully have a strong connection to and live in London, because it's a brilliant city. Votes: 3

I grew up in Long Island City. When I was growing up, my parents owned a women's clothing store in Queens. It was for older women. I got my bras there, until I realized I didn't want those huge, taupe bras. Everything was beige, with massive amounts of hooks. Votes: 3

Don't be a drag. Just be a queen. Votes: 2

To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing. Votes: 2

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess Votes: 2

The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens. Votes: 2

Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom. Votes: 2

The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers! Votes: 2

There is only one heaven, one earth and one queen (me) Queen Elizabeth is an impostor. Votes: 2

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness. Votes: 2

I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queen's on thrones, without self-respect and peace. Votes: 2

I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before 'Queen', but now things have changed a lot, Votes: 2

There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There's one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that. Votes: 2

I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long. Votes: 2

Begum Hazrat Mahal of Oudh was the last of the breed of able queens and generals. The queen led her kingdom's army into battle during the revolt of 1857. Even after she was defeated she defied Queen Victoria's famous Proclamation and issued a counter Proclamation.... Votes: 2

Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads; ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid political leaders, compulsive voyagers, ignorant general the flotsam and jetsam of historical currents. The men who radically altered history, the great scientists and mathematicians, are seldom mentioned, if at all. Votes: 2

Somewhere there was once a Flower, a Stone, a Crystal, a Queen, a King, a Palace, a Lover and his Beloved, and this was long ago, on an Island somewhere in the ocean 5,000 years ago. . . . Such is Love, the Mystic Flower of the Soul. This is the Center, the Self. Votes: 2

Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace. Votes: 2

Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace. Votes: 2

A queen is wise. She has earned her serenity, not having had it bestowed on her but having passer her tests. She has suffered and grown more beautiful because of it. She has proved she can hold her kingdom together. She has become its vision. She cares deeply about something bigger than herself. She rules with authentic power. Votes: 2

I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called Radio Gaga. That's why I love the name. Freddie was unique - one of the biggest personalities in the whole of pop music. He was not only a singer but also a fantastic performer, a man of the theatre and someone who constantly transformed himself. In short: a genius. Votes: 2

How quickly do we grow accustomed to wonders. I am reminded of the Isaac Asimov story Nightfall, about the planet where the stars were visible only once in a thousand years. So awesome was the sight that it drove men mad. We who can see the stars every night glance up casually at the cosmos and then quickly down again, searching for a Dairy Queen. Votes: 2

I don't understand women who try to be glamour queens. Votes: 1

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. Votes: 1

These awful middle-class queens - which is what the gay movement has become - are so tiresome. It's all Abercrombie & Fitch and strollers. Votes: 1

I first learned how to do hair from drag queens. I learned eyelashes are the key to life, because they make everyone look fabulous. Votes: 1

Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along. Votes: 1

I learned the truth at seventeen, That love was meant for beauty queens, And high school girls with clear skinned smiles, Who married young and then retired. Votes: 1

I am 73 years old. I've seen everything. I've met the kings, the queens, the presidents, I've been around the world. I have one thing that I would like to do: to try to reach peace. Votes: 1

And much more am I sorrier for my good knights' loss than for the loss of my fair queen; for queens I might have enough, but such a fellowship of good knights shall never be together in no company. Votes: 1

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad. Votes: 1

As a little girl growing up in Southside Jamaica Queens, if anyone would've told me I'd have my own perfume one day, and be able to inspire young black girls everywhere, to go into Macy's or Nordstrom's and see their face staring back at them - I wouldn't believe them. Votes: 1

I think that my interpretation of Italian was a lot more southern than what my husband cooks. You know, I grew up in Queens and in Brooklyn, and we - really, it's more southern. It's Naples and Sicily. It's heavier. It's over-spiced. And like most Americans, I thought spaghetti and meatballs was genius. Votes: 1

There's definitely a luxury to the fluidity of not being a mega-star. I've done a ton of really, really odd, off-the-wall movies. There's this movie I did called 'Queens of Country' a couple of summers ago that is so bananas, and if I was at a certain level, I probably would not have done that movie. Votes: 1

I have my team. Like if you see everyone around me - I have my hair and makeup girl, my assistant. They're very calm, they're all about positive energy. There're no drama queens. Everyone wants everyone else to have a positive experience. There are no agendas. I think it creates a healthy environment and there are no boundaries to cross. Votes: 1

I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt and tie! Similarly, I believe that to keep movie theaters in existence, they're gonna have to make 'em an event, have a couch, a table and drinks or something. Otherwise, there's no reason to get out of your bed! Votes: 1

Pawns are really queens in disguise. Votes: 0

I've seen some very beautiful drag queens. Votes: 0

I had no sympathy for drama queens. Votes: 0

I love drag queens and they love me. Votes: 0

The queens in history compare favorably with the kings. Votes: 0

WHAT is America but beauty queens, millionaires, stupid records and Hollywood? Votes: 0

Knights are cavalry, bishops are archers, rooks are cannons and queens are wizards. Votes: 0

I am never offended when I see the drag-queens dressed up like me. Votes: 0

I love drag queens... they perform me better than I ever could myself. Votes: 0

Movie queens diffuse into Cinema haze, while libertines read pornozines in street cafes. Votes: 0

This requires a level of delusion/egomania usually reserved for popes and drag queens Votes: 0

There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings. Votes: 0

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states. Votes: 0

I'd love to do a show in Vegas with drag queens. The tackier the better. Votes: 0

The greatest truths in life are the ones your fellow queens are willing to tell you. Votes: 0

We love to entertain kings and queens, but at Disneyland, everyone is a V.I.P. Votes: 0

Hear it when i get biz for K-Von, I'm pledgin, died, on 104 Northern Boulevard corona queens legend Votes: 0

If horse racing is the sport of kings, then drag racing must be the sport of queens. Votes: 0

Though pedantry denies, It's plain the Bible means That Solomon grew wise While talking with his queens.... Votes: 0

A virtuous name is the precious only good, for which queens and peasants' wives must contest together. Votes: 0

Christianity is merely a system for turning priestesses into handmaidens, queens into concubines, and goddesses into muses. Votes: 0

God promised by the mouth of Isaiah that queens should be the nursing mothers of the church... Votes: 0

Do you know why they call a drummer's seat a throne? Because drummers are kings and queens. Votes: 0

Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves? Votes: 0

I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead. Votes: 0

When I walk the streets, kings and queens step aside, every woman I meet, they all stay satisfied. Votes: 0

Men like the kings and the queens because men are weak! No strong man accepts any king or queen! Votes: 0

The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth. Votes: 0

More men would be treated like kings if they would only treat their wives like queens instead of servants. Votes: 0

Beautiful princesses and beautiful, strong queens are brainwashed into thinking ho’s and B****’s are virtuous titles. Votes: 0

I would be happier if it were a full audience full of drag queens. It would be my dreams come true. Votes: 0

I have wined and dined with kings and queens and I’ve slept in alleys and dined on pork and beans. Votes: 0

The histories of the poor and the powerless are as important as those of their conquerors, their colonizers, their kings and queens. Votes: 0

We are all illusionists and that's why we are attracted to drag queens. This whole world is an illusion. It's not real. Votes: 0

All of those faeries and duels and mad queens and so on, and no one quoted old Billy Shakespeare. Not even once. Votes: 0

We are in the 21st century; what are the kings or the queens doing in this century? They must remain in the past! Votes: 0

All kings and queens are not born of royal bloodlines. Some become royal because of what they do once they realize who they are Votes: 0

Warlords of sorrow and queens of tomorrow will offer their heads for a prayer. You can't find no salvation, you have no expectations anytime, anyplace, anywhere. Votes: 0

I do think of myself as a queen, but I don't think I'm the only queen. There's room for other queens. We reign over different kingdoms. Votes: 0

Kings and queens might do wicked things, but they don't nag. One thing I like about Bloody Mary: she never said a word about lung cancer. Votes: 0

The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship. Votes: 0

The world isn't purposeful. It isn't ruled by reason. The world wants to play. Fashion queens have always aroused more interest than future generations and their fate. Votes: 0

I love drag queens and I love going to see them perform because those people have got so much character and bravery. Such balls! I love people with balls. Votes: 0

Real kings and queens are people whose heads are crowned with dreams as they sit on the throne of passion. They rule with visions in the regalia of inspirations! Votes: 0

I'm slightly obsessed with drag queens and performers. Their quips and their one-liners, their style, their singing... I find it fascinating. And thoroughly entertaining. I'd love to play one. Votes: 0

If I had a dollar for every time a random woman walked up to me and tried to seduce me, I'd have 50 cents. That's assuming drag queens are half price. Votes: 0

Health, money. That's what people worried about in the 14th century as much as today. I find it so much more interesting than the supposed activities of kings, queens, generals. Votes: 0

We are tired of the pretense that we have special privileges and the reality that we have none; of the fiction that we are queens, and the fact that we are subjects. Votes: 0

The capitalist achievement does not typically consist in providing more silk stocking for queens but in bringing them within the reach of factory girls in return for a steadily decreasing amount of effort. Votes: 0

It was a dream world, a kind of Alice in Wonderland, with its kings and queens, princes and princesses, and our millions of loyal subjects. But it wasn't real, and it couldn't last. Votes: 0

It is eerie being all but alone in Westminster Abbey. Without the tourists, there are only the dead, many of them kings and queens. They speak powerfully and put my thoughts into vivid perspective. Votes: 0

One of the world's most popular entertainments is a deck of cards, which contains thirteen each of four suits, highlighted by kings, queens and jacks, who are possibly the queen's younger, more attractive boyfriends. Votes: 0

That's the thing I loved about drag queens, life was a constant movie; no matter how ridiculously things didn't match they would sacrifice everything for the pose, and I was definitely into the pose. Votes: 0

If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the board, rooks will dominate the seventh rank, and pawns turn into queens. Votes: 0

I believe it was Today show fourth-hour host Kathie Lee Gifford who said, 'If drag queens love you, you'll have the longest career in the world. They know phony and they know real.' Votes: 0

In the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have. Sometimes if we're fortunate, we still manage to have a good life. Votes: 0

Fear is concealed in smiles and flashing teeth. 'Please say you still love me,' the kings and queens are really saying. And, when they fare badly, they return to their palaces and sleep fitfully. Votes: 0

God bless you, my beloved sisters, who stand as the queens in your home, that you may be happy with that happiness which comes of the knowledge that you are loved and honored and treasured. Votes: 0

The queers of the sixties, like those since, have connived with their repression under a veneer of respectability. Good mannered city queens in suits and pinstripes, so busy establishing themselves, were useless at changing anything. Votes: 0