86 Quotes by Queen Elizabeth II

This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.

Is this the real life Is this just fantasy Caught in a landslide No escape from reality Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go; little high, little low anyway the wind blows doesn't really matter to me To me

1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it hasturned out to be an Annus Horribilis.

[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?

For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.

There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.

It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.

What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass...

I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.