Captain Aubrey

Famous quotes containing the words captain and/or aubrey:

    If something isn’t saved, then what’s it all for?
    —Sydney Pollack. Captain Beckman (Patrick O’Neal)

    In ancient times—’twas no great loss—
    They hung the thief upon the cross:
    But now, alas!—I say’t with grief—
    They hang the cross upon the thief.
    —Anonymous. “On a Nomination to the Legion of Honour,” from Aubrey Stewart’s English Epigrams and Epitaphs (1897)