God Save The Queen

Famous quotes containing the words god, save and/or queen:

    “Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.”
    —Elias Canetti (b. 1905)

    “God of justice, save the people
    From the clash of race and creed,
    From the strife of class and faction,
    Make our nation free indeed;”
    —William Pierson Merrill (1867–1954)

    “We used chamber-pots a good deal.... My mother ... loved to repeat: “When did the queen reign over China?” This whimsical and harmless scatological pun was my first introduction to the wonderful world of verbal transformations, and also a first perception that a joke need not be funny to give pleasure.”
    —Angela Carter (1940–1992)