Steadfast Tin Soldier

Famous quotes containing the words steadfast, tin and/or soldier:

“The steadfast shores never once turned aside for us, but still trended as they were made; why then should we always turn aside for them?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The knocking out of a pipe can be made almost as important as the smoking of it, especially if there are nervous people in the room. A good, smart knock of a pipe against a tin wastebasket and you will have a neurasthenic out of his chair and into the window sash in no time.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)

“Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He’s the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war.”
—Allan Massie (b. 1938)