Sir John Spencer

Famous quotes containing the words sir john, sir, john and/or spencer:

    “Will, when speaking well can’t win her,
    Saying nothing do’t?
    Prithee, why so mute?”
    —Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)

    “This is no Sir Galahad who lives from afar. This is a two- legged boa constrictor.”
    —John Lee Mahin (1902–1984)

    “I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies.”
    —Bishop John Spong (b. 1931)

    “A successful woman preacher was once asked “what special obstacles have you met as a woman in the ministry?” “Not one,” she answered, “except the lack of a minister’s wife.””
    —Anna Garlin Spencer (1851–1931)