Famous quotes containing the words rank, warrant and/or officer:
“Its whether will ye be a rank robbers wife,
Or will ye die by my wee pen knife?
Its Ill not be a rank robbers wife,
But Ill rather die by your wee pen knife.
He s killed this may and he s laid her by,
For to bear the red rose company.”
—Unknown. Babylon; or, The Bonnie Banks o Fordie (l. 914)
“Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Heres the challenge, read it. I warrant theres vinegar and pepper int.
Fabian. Ist so saucy?”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“If the tax-gatherer, or any other public officer, asks me, as one has done, But what shall I do? my answer is, If you really wish to do anything, resign your office. When the subject has refused allegiance, and the officer has resigned his office, then the revolution is accomplished.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)