Famous quotes containing the words robert, falcon, scott, discovery and/or expedition:
“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!”
—Richard Sherman, songwriter, Robert Sherman, songwriter, and Clarence Brown. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! (Song)
“The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.”
—Sun Tzu (6–5th century B.C.)
“Only remember—west of the Mississippi it’s a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are one. In the morning, when they commit their discovery to paper, when others read it written there, it looks wholly ridiculous.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“It is a sort of ranger service. Arnold’s expedition is a daily experience with these settlers. They can prove that they were out at almost any time; and I think that all the first generation of them deserve a pension more than any that went to the Mexican war.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)