Sir Richard Francis

Famous quotes containing the words sir, richard and/or francis:

    “At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay,
    And a pinnace, like a fluttered bird, came flying from far away:
    ‘Spanish ships of war at sea! we have sighted fifty-three!’”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “You’ve gotta tell ‘em! Soylent Green is people! We’ve got to stop them! Somehow!”
    —Stanley Greenberg, U.S. screenwriter, and Richard Fleischer. Thorn (Charlton Heston)

    “Sir Francis, Sir Francis, Sir Francis is come;”
    —Unknown. Upon Sir Francis Drake’s Return from His Voyage about the World, and the Queen’s Meeting Him (l. 1)