Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them.
George R. R. Martin in A Song of Ice and Fire - A Clash of Kings
8You might be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with the reaper.
Grim Reaper in Bill & Ted - Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
3Any man who must say, 'I am the king', is no true king.
Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones - Season 3 Episode 10
3You can sit on a throne, that doesn't make you a ruler. It only means you have an arse.
You are a good man, with a good heart. And it’s hard for a good man to be a king.
Zuri in Black Panther
1Do you really think the crown gives you power?
Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones - Season 3 Episode 10
1The book spoke of a king carrying the burdens of his people. It said that those who led were the lowest of men, for they were required to serve everyone.
Brandon Sanderson in The Stormlight Archive - The Way of Kings
1Souls and thrones are irreconcilable.
The king is a man, and a man can fail. But a myth is indestructible.
Rebel Moon - Part One - A Child of Fire
A king is only as noble as the cause he serves.
The throne is the most devious trap of them all.
Izaro in Path of Exile
A king's time as rules rises and falls like the sun.
Kings come and go, but gold stays.
A king does not ask, he commands.
Joffrey Baratheon in Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 1
A good king knows when to save his strength and when to destroy his enemies.
Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones - Season 1 Episode 3
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
Prince Derek in Disenchantment - Season 3 Episode 3
A crown is merely a hat that doesn't protect you from the rain.
"Who's that then?"
"I dunno. Must be a king."
"Why?"
"He hasn't got shit all over him."
"I dunno. Must be a king."
"Why?"
"He hasn't got shit all over him."
A king without power is an absurdity.
Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.
They say that a kingdom is like a pyramid: the king on top and the people below. But in this country, it's upside down.
A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.
I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.
Tell me something, do you still believe good soldiers make good kings?
Renly Baratheon in Game of Thrones - Season 1 Episode 7