quotes about Knighthood
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I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life.
-- Alan Bennett -
The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood.
-- Alex Ferguson -
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 -
When his apprenticeship was finished (the candidate for Knighthood) was received into the Knightly Order by a ritual of sacramental awe...
-- Ariel Durant -
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Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn’t live off fame, but rather deeds.
-- Dejan StojanovicSource : "The Sun Watches the Sun". Book by Dejan Stojanovic, "Eternity and Eternity" (p. 32), 1999.
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Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've been recommended for a knighthood and there are two little boxes, one says yes, one says no.
-- Derek Jacobi -
None of us is ever ready,' he (Ned) said. 'For knighthood?' 'For death.
-- George R. R. Martin -
They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't ever think they'll die for it.
-- George R. R. Martin -
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I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.
-- Harold Pinter -
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 -
The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch “Bulfinch's Mythology: Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages, The Age of Chivalry or Legends of King Arthur and The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (Complete)”, Library of Alexandria