Eleanor of Aquitaine famous quotes

I dressed my maids as Amazons and rode bare-breasted halfway to Damascus. Louis had a seizure and I damn near died of windburn...but the troops were dazzled!
-- Eleanor of Aquitaine

#Troops #Maids #Halfway

Trees are not known by their leaves, nor even by their blossoms, but by their fruits.
-- Eleanor of Aquitaine

#Inspirational #Tree #Fruit

Grief is not very different from illness: in the impetus of its fire it does not recognise lords, it does not fear colleagues, it does not respect or spare anyone, not even itself.
-- Eleanor of Aquitaine

#Grief #Fire #Doe

What family doesn't have its ups and downs?
-- Eleanor of Aquitaine

#Ups & Downs

My child, seek those things which make for peace. Cease to stir up the King against the Church, and urge upon him a better course of action. If you will promise to do this, I in return promise to entreat the merciful Lord to grant you offspring.
-- Eleanor of Aquitaine

#Kings #Children #Promise

In a world where carpenters get resurrected, everything is possible.
-- Eleanor of Aquitaine

#World #Carpenter

We must either reduce the number of our engagements or increase the number of our troops.

Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996.

We're all looking for a plan that will work. The current plan is not working, and 21,500 additional troops -- it's a snowball in July. It's not going to work.

Generals do not always run wars the way they would like to, nor the troops under them.

RUIN, v. To destroy. Specifically, to destroy a maid's belief in the virtue of maids.

In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.

Only the deepest love will persuade me into matrimony, which is why I shall end up an old maid.

I never really feel like I'm sure a film's gonna happen until I'm maybe halfway through.

If you hear something you like, and you're halfway like the public, chances are they'll like it too.

The summit is just a halfway point.