Sailor Star Fighter

Famous quotes containing the words sailor, star and/or fighter:

    “Captain Bligh: Mr. Byam, you’re up late.
    Byam: It’s very warm below, sir.
    Captain Bligh: I hadn’t noticed it. A true sailor can sleep in an oven, if need be, or in a keg of ice.”
    —Talbot Jennings (1896–1985)

    “A star was broken
    Into the centuries of the child
    Myselves grieve now, and miracles cannot atone.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “A pleasant smell of frying sausages
    Attacks the sense, along with an old, mostly invisible
    Photograph of what seems to be girls lounging around
    An old fighter bomber, circa 1942 vintage.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)