Active Duty Fleet

Famous quotes containing the words active, duty and/or fleet:

“Photography suits the temper of this age—of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.”
—Edward Weston (1886–1958)

“The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)

“They ... fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)