Famous quotes containing the words grand, national and/or alliance:
“The Olympian gods cannot have grand passions because they cannot die.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Just so before we’re international,
We’re national and act as nationals.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Ah! how much a mother learns from her child! The constant protection of a helpless being forces us to so strict an alliance with virtue, that a woman never shows to full advantage except as a mother. Then alone can her character expand in the fulfillment of all life’s duties and the enjoyment of all its pleasures.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)