Illustrious may refer to:
- HMS Illustrious, five ships in the Royal Navy
- Illustrious (album), a 2008 hip hop album by Big Noyd
- Illustrious class aircraft carrier, a class of aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy
- Mari Illustrious Makinami, fictional character of Rebuild of Evangelion
Famous quotes containing the word illustrious:
“Let me approach at least, and touch thy hand.
[Samson:] Not for thy life, lest fierce remembrance wake
My sudden rage to tear thee joint by joint.
At distance I forgive thee, go with that;
Bewail thy falsehood, and the pious works
It hath brought forth to make thee memorable
Among illustrious women, faithful wives:
Cherish thy hast’n’d widowhood with the gold
Of Matrimonial treason: so farewel.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)
“It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)
“An illustrious individual remarks that Mrs. [Elizabeth Cady] Stanton is the salt, Anna Dickinson the pepper, and Miss [Susan B.] Anthony the vinegar of the Female Suffrage movement. The very elements get the “white male” into a nice pickle.”
—Anonymous, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. The Revolution (August 19, 1869)