Acting Company Commander

Famous quotes containing the words acting, company and/or commander:

“I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

“It has lately been drawn to your correspondent’s attention that, at social gatherings, she is not the human magnet she would be. Indeed, it turns out that as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, she ranks somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice- skate. It would appear, from the actions of the assembled guests, that she is about as hot company as a night nurse.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)

“A good old commander and a most kind gentleman.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)