Sir Ernest Macmillan

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

    “That sir which serves and seeks for gain,
    And follows but for form,
    Will pack when it begins to rain,
    And leave thee in the storm.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “O, there’s a wind a-blowing, a-blowing from the west,
    And that of all the winds is the one I like the best,
    For it blows at our backs, and it shakes our pennon free,
    And it soon will blow us home to the old countrie.”
    —William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)

    “The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.”
    —Harold MacMillan (1894–1986)