Herbert Joseph Thompson

Famous quotes containing the words herbert, joseph and/or thompson:

    “Go, birds of spring: let winter have his fee;
    Let a bleak paleness chalk the door,
    So all within be livelier than before.”
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)

    “The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly—because if they don’t speak fast nobody will listen to them.”
    —Michael Caine [Maurice Joseph Micklewhite] (b. 1933)

    “Fold up the banners! Smelt the guns!
    Love rules, Her gentler purpose runs.
    A mighty mother turns in tears
    The pages of her battle years,
    Lamenting all her fallen sons!”
    —Will Henry Thompson (1848–1918)