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)

“As the saddle makes the horse, so the tailor makes the man.”
—Chinese proverb.

“The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.”
—Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832)