German High Command

Famous quotes containing the words german, high and/or command:

    “Boys hide in lunging cubes
    Crouching to explode,
    Beyond the Atlantic skies,
    With cheerful cries
    Their barking tubes
    Upon the German toad.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “I cannot remember things I once read
    A few friends, but they are in cities.
    Drinking cold snow-water from a tin cup
    Looking down for miles
    Through high still air.”
    —Gary Snyder (b. 1930)

    “‘Tis not in mortals to command success,
    But we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.”
    —Joseph Addison (1672–1719)