French Ambassador: May I compliment you, Madam, on this most beautiful palace? There is no other like it in all of Europe.
Queen Elizabeth I: It was my father's. I'll tell him when I see him.
French Ambassador: [not fully understanding her answer] Yes... but King Henry is dead. Madame jests?
Queen Elizabeth I: Madame never jests.

- Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth I) in The Virgin Queen (1955)

Queen Elizabeth I: And what is your next campaign?
Sir Walter Raleigh: I've already launched on it, Ma'am. My next campaign is you.

- Richard Todd (as Sir Walter Raleigh) in The Virgin Queen (1955)

Queen Elizabeth I: It is I who makes the policy of this realm, I and I alone!

- Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth I) in The Virgin Queen (1955)

Queen Elizabeth I: There can be no funeral without a corpse.

- Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth I) in The Virgin Queen (1955)

[the Queen enters as Raleigh is on his knees trying to pick up Beth Throgmorton's broken pearl necklace]
Queen Elizabeth I: [to Beth] Is this your pet swine? You've cast your pearls before him.

- Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth I) in The Virgin Queen (1955)