Sir Thomas Robinson

Famous quotes containing the words sir, thomas and/or robinson:

    “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)

    “The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
    Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees
    Is my destroyer.
    And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose
    My youth is bent by the same wintry fever.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “The American Dream, the idea of the happy ending, is an avoidance of responsibility and commitment.”
    —Jill Robinson (b. 1936)