Red Cross Societies

Famous quotes containing the words red cross, red, cross and/or societies:

    “Compared to Clouseau, Attila the Hun was a Red Cross volunteer.”
    —Blake Edwards (b. 1922)

    “their red cloaks
    wrapped tight to the bone”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “All pathways by His feet are worn,
    His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea;
    His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn;
    His cross is every tree.”
    —Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887–1916)

    “As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.”
    —Gore Vidal (b. 1925)