Commander Sir Cuthbert

Famous quotes containing the words commander, sir and/or cuthbert:

“A commander in the field must sometimes go against the king’s orders.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Well! If the Bard was weather-wise, who made
The grand old ballad of Sir Patrick Spence,”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)

“Flower Belle! What a euphonious appellation! Easy on the ears and a banquet for the eyes!”
—Mae West, U.S. screenwriter, W.C. Fields, and Edward Cline. Cuthbert Twillie (W.C. Fields)