Sir John Spencer

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

“Conscription may have been good for the country, but it damn near killed the army.”
—Richard, Sir Hull (b. 1907)

“People named John and Mary never divorce. For better or for worse, in madness and in saneness, they seem bound together for eternity by their rudimentary nomenclature. They may loathe and despise one another, quarrel, weep, and commit mayhem, but they are not free to divorce. Tom, Dick, and Harry can go to Reno on a whim, but nothing short of death can separate John and Mary.”
—John Cheever (1912–1982)

“Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.”
—Herbert Spencer (1820–1903)