Holy Hand Grenade

Famous quotes containing the words holy, hand and/or grenade:

    “Let us pray for the whole state of Christ’s Church Militant here in earth.”
    —Book Of Common Prayer, The. Holy Communion, “Prayer for the Church Militant,” (1662)

    “Miniver loved the Medici,
    Albeit he hand never seen one;
    He would have sinned incessantly
    Could he have been one.”
    —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)

    “Good manners, Madam, are had these days not
    For your asking, nor mine, nor what-we-used-to-be’s.
    The day is a loud grenade that bursts a smile
    Of serious weeds in a comic lily plot....”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)