Baron Foster of Thames Bank

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

    “Generosity is a part of my character, and I therefore hasten to assure this Government that I will never make an allegation of dishonesty against it wherever a simple explanation of stupidity will suffice.”
    —Lever Leslie, Baron (1905–1977)

    “Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression.”
    —John Foster Dulles (1888–1959)

    “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)

    “O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper,
    Which makes bank credit like a bark of vapour.”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)