Knighthood Quotations

The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood.

Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.

The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.

Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've been recommended for a knighthood and there are two little boxes, one says yes, one says no.

I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.

The knighthood I received was a fantastic honour but it's not something I've ever used and I don't think I ever will.

I don't know why they gave me a knighthood - though it's very nice of them - but I only ever use the title in the U.S. The Americans insist on it and get offended if I don't.

The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with being an actor.

I'm glad a genre writer has got a knighthood, but stunned that it was me.

More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life...

I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life.

When his apprenticeship was finished (the candidate for Knighthood) was received into the Knightly Order by a ritual of sacramental awe...

They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't ever think they'll die for it.

None of us is ever ready,' he (Ned) said. 'For knighthood?' 'For death.

I feel like Ive been engaged to the British Empire since 1980 and tonight you have given me the ring knighthood.

I never accepted a knighthood because to me, is honour enough?