Quotes About 1066

#1. I can find my way from 500 A.D. through to 1066 pretty well as an amateur historian.

Robert Plant

#2. The English Channel is such a narrow little puddle, you cannot help wondering why no invader has succeeded in crossing it since 1066.

David Hewson

#3. In another chapter I have told you how in the year 800 a German chieftain had become a Roman Emperor. Now in the year 1066 the grandson of a Norse pirate was recognised as King of England. Why should we ever read fairy stories, when the truth of history is so much more interesting and entertaining?

Hendrik Willem Van Loon

#4. I do think that the legacy of the Norman conquest is still strong in Britain. Our hereditary monarchy, our established church, our ancient county structures, though hollowed out in many ways, are a direct result of what happened in 1066.

Paul Kingsnorth

#5. It's like saying that two and two equals four, but if you wish to believe it, it could also be five ... Evolution is not a theory; it is a fact, every bit as much as the historical fact that William the Conqueror landed in 1066.

David Attenborough

#6. Never mind about 1066 William the Conqueror, 1087 William the Second. Such things are not going to affect one?s life ... but 1932 the Mars Bar and 1936 Maltesers and 1937 the Kit Kat - these dates are milestones in history and should be seared into the memory of every child in the country.

Roald Dahl

#7. I looked out at the street beyond the overhang. The rain was coming in at gray angled streaks. One of my hands moved to her cheek. I closed my eyes. Her skin was wet from the rain and I thought of tears.

Barry Eisler

#8. Now my charms are all o'erthrown...

William Shakespeare

#9. It would be very sad if children had no memories before those of school. What they need most is the love and attention of their mother.

Grace Kelly

#10. I did physics because of my love of nature. As a young student of science, I was taught that physics was the way to learn nature. So my travels through physics really are the same urges that make me travel through ecology.

Vandana Shiva

#11. You are no longer responsible. You are no longer allowed to give a shit. Nobody can need you ever again. Go.

Hannah Moskowitz

#12. It had all been a storm in a teacup.

David Howarth

#13. This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank, is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a martyr? We are proud of them.

Yasser Arafat

#14. An angry man rarely stops to let facts get in the way of his fury.

Nikki Sex

#15. He always behaved like one who has been deprived of love.

David Howarth

#16. Soon comes the day all shall be free. Even you, and even me. Soon comes the day all shall die. Surely you, but never I.
Padan Fain

Robert Jordan

#17. The problem is some of the populism on both the far left and the far right, it can make a Tweet but not make a policy. And, you know, when you are dealing with issues that are as important and serious as this, I understand why people search for simple solutions.

Tony Blair

#18. No matter what the need or when she called for help, He was there with everything she required. There was never any lack either in His love or His provision.

Dee Henderson

#19. More powerful than kings and armies is an idea whose time has come to move.

Carrie Chapman Catt

#20. There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.

Francesca Annis