Mary Boleyn/sister%e2%80%99s Rise To Power

Famous quotes containing the words mary, boleyn, rise and/or power:

    “I want that head so sanitary and squared away that the Virgin Mary herself would be proud to go in there and take a dump.”
    —Stanley Kubrick (b. 1928)

    “Toll on, thou passing bell;
    Ring out my doleful knell;”
    —George Boleyn (d. 1536)

    “And now you try
    Your handful of notes;
    The clear vowels rise like balloons.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it. They may be distressed in the midst of all their power; but they will never look to anything but power for their relief.”
    —Edmund Burke (1729–1797)