Sir Isaac

Famous quotes containing the words sir and/or isaac:

    The first rule of venture capitalism should be Shoot the Inventor.
    Richard, Sir Storey (b. 1937)

    Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
    Bible: Hebrew Jacob, in Genesis, 27:11.

    To his mother Rebekah, explaining how the blind Isaac might discover the ploy of his pretending to be Esau. “Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.” (25:27)