Long Island Macarthur

Famous quotes containing the words long, island and/or macarthur:

    The only way into truth is through one’s own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.
    Simone Weil (1909–1943)

    Beyond this island bound
    By a thin sea of flesh
    And a bone coast ...
    Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.
    —Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)