Elizabeth/ships

Famous quotes containing the words elizabeth and/or ships:

    “Then hail! thou noble conquerer!
    That, when tyranny oppressed,
    Hewed for our fathers from the wild
    A land wherein to rest.”
    —Mary Elizabeth Hewitt (b. 1818)

    “The ships we sank with women and children aboard. The lifeboats we shelled. Mmm ... we were good at that.”
    —Emeric Pressburger (1902–1988)