Grand National Alliance

Famous quotes containing the words grand, national and/or alliance:

    “What do you do in the Grand Hotel? Eat, sleep, loaf around, flirt a little, dance a little. A hundred doors leading to one hall. No one knows anything about the person next to them. And when you leave, someone occupies your room, lies in your bed. That’s the end.”
    —William A. Drake (1900–1965)

    “The cinema is going to form the mind of England. The national conscience, the national ideals and tests of conduct, will be those of the film.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “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.”
    —HonorĂ© De Balzac (1799–1850)