Air Base West

Famous quotes containing the words air, base and/or west:

    Only if loves fire with the breath
    Of life be kindled, I doubt,
    With our last air ‘twill be breath’d out,
    And quenched with the cold of death.
    Edward Herbert (1583–1648)

    What I often forget about students, especially undergraduates, is that surface appearances are misleading. Most of them are at base as conventional as Presbyterian deacons.
    Muriel Beadle (b. 1915)

    I cannot think that espionage can be recommended as a technique for building an impressive civilisation. It’s a lout’s game.
    —Rebecca West (1892–1983)