Admiral Sir William

Famous quotes containing the words sir william, admiral and/or sir:

    “If they’ve a brain and cerebellum, too,
    They’ve got to leave that brain outside,
    And vote just as their leaders tell ‘em to.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.”
    —Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)

    “From alle wymmen mi love is lent
    And lyht on Alysoun.”
    —Unknown. Alison. . .

    Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (New ed., rev. and enl., 1939)