Tinker Tailor Soldier

Famous quotes containing the words tinker, tailor and/or soldier:

“The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker with the universe; he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)

“A tailor can adapt to any medium, be it poetry, be it criticism. As a poet, he can mend, and with the scissors of criticism he can divide.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

“One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.”
—Edwin, Sir Arnold (1832–1904)