Baron Foster of Thames Bank

Famous quotes containing the words baron, foster, thames and/or bank:

    “I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking. But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they are still going.”
    —William Norman, 1st Baron Of Ulverston Birkett (1883–1962)

    “All the world is sad and dreary, Everywhere I roam.”
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

    “Home! Yes! she would see Trafalgar Square, again; and Nelson on his plinth; and Chelsea Bridge as it dissolved into the Thames at twilight ... and St. Paul’s, the single Amazon breast of her beloved native city.”
    —Angela Carter (1940–1992)

    “A bank is a confidence trick. If you put up the right signs, the wizards of finance themselves will come in and ask you to take their money.”
    —Christina Stead (1902–1983)