Sir Ernest Macmillan

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

    “Over Sir John’s hill,
    The hawk on fire hangs still;
    In a hoisted cloud, at drop of dusk, he pulls to his claws
    And gallows, up the rays of his eyes the small birds of the bay....”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “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)