Blue Ensign Flag

Famous quotes containing the words blue, ensign and/or flag:

    “The moon is my mother. She is not sweet like Mary.
    Her blue garments unloose small bats and owls.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,
    Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
    Thou art not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet
    Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,
    And death’s pale flag is not advanced there.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “There’s an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. Expediency alone has never been an adequate American reason for doing anything. When actions are judged, they go before the bar of God, where Mom and the Flag closely flank His presence.”
    —Jonathan Raban (b. 1942)