Pilot Frederick Brown

Famous quotes containing the words pilot, frederick and/or brown:

    “Whenever the weather licks the pilot instead of him lickin’ the weather, he’s finished. The first time makes the second time easier. And the first thing he knows, he’s in trouble when the weather is perfect.”
    —Frank W. Wead (1895?–1947)

    “But since ‘tis only Fred,
    Who was alive and is dead,
    There’s no more to be said.”
    —Unknown. On Prince Frederick (l. 11–13)

    “The old brown hen and the old blue sky,
    Between the two we live and die
    The broken cartwheel on the hill.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)