Eldest Living Son

Famous quotes containing the words eldest, living and/or son:

    Self-defence is Nature’s eldest law.
    John Dryden (1631–1700)

    ... in the happy laughter of a theatre audience one can get the most immediate and numerically impressive guarantee that there is nothing in one’s mind which is not familiar to the mass of persons living at the time.
    Rebecca West (1892–1983)

    Muriel Bedford: It isn’t every day that your only son gets married.
    Judge Bedford: He’s your son, too, Muriel. I mean it’s about time you started taking half the blame.
    Dale Launer (b. 1953)