USS Converse Dd-509/solomon Islands May 1943 %e2%80%93 March 1944

Famous quotes containing the words islands, march, solomon and/or converse:

    What are the islands to me
    if you are lost
    what is Naxos, Tinos, Andros,
    and Delos, the clasp
    of the white necklace?
    Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
    Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)

    Solomon Grundy,
    Born on a Monday,
    Christened on Tuesday,
    Married on Wednesday,
    Took ill on Thursday,
    Worse on Friday,
    Died on Saturday,
    Buried on Sunday,
    This is the end
    Of Solomon Grundy.
    Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. Solomon Grundy (l. 1–4)

    It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
    Denis Diderot (1713–1784)