Knight Grand Commander

Famous quotes containing the words knight, grand and/or commander:

    “By a knight of ghosts and shadows
    I summon’d am to a tourney
    Ten leagues beyond the wide world’s end:
    Methinks it is no journey.”
    —Unknown. Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song (l. 57–60)

    ““You have a grand gift of silence, Watson,” said he, “it makes you quite invaluable as a companion.””
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    “Frenchmen, we do not accept your surrender. You surrender only to the enemy. If you’re Vichy, fight us. If you’re Frenchmen, join us.”
    —Samuel Fuller, U.S. screenwriter. American commander (uncredited)