Sir Ernest Macmillan

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

    “O Lord! thou knowest how busy I must be this day: if I forget thee, do not thou forget me.”
    —Jacob, Sir Astley (1579–1652)

    “For it’s home, dearie, home—it’s home I want to be.
    Our topsails are hoisted, and we’ll away to sea.
    O, the oak and the ash and the bonnie birken tree
    They’re all growing green in the old countrie.”
    —William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)

    “As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original and none of the original ideas is sound.”
    —Harold MacMillan (1894–1986)