Duke of Kent and Strathearn

Famous quotes containing the words duke of, duke and/or kent:

    “The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.”
    —Edward, Duke of Windsor (1894–1972)

    “I hate the whole race.... There is no believing a word they say—your professional poets, I mean—there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.”
    —Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Wellington (1769–1852)

    “Main Street was never the same. I read Gide and tried to
    translate Proust. Now nothing is real except French wine.
    For absurdity is reality, my loneliness unreal, my mind tired.
    And I shall die an old Parisian.”
    —Conrad Kent Rivers (1933–1968)