Sir Ernest Macmillan

Famous quotes containing the words sir, ernest and/or macmillan:

    “Thou didst create the night, but I made the lamp.
    Thou didst create clay, but I made the cup.
    Thou didst create the deserts, mountains and forests,
    I produced the orchards, gardens and groves.
    It is I who made the glass out of stone,
    And it is I who turn a poison into an antidote.”
    —Muhammad, Sir Iqbal (1873–1938)

    “What have I done for you,
    England, my England?
    What is there I would not do,
    England, my own?”
    —William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)

    “Power? It’s like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.”
    —Harold MacMillan (1894–1986)