Famous quotes containing the words king and/or peacock:
“I don’t wish to give offense when I suggest that this country should select a king, or even a queen, rather than a president. One isn’t that quick to shoot a king or a queen—the majesty of royalty, you see.”
—David Webb Peoples, screenwriter. English Bob (Richard Harris)
“The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.”
—Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866)