USS Flying Fish Ss-229/twelfth War Patrol May %e2%80%93 July 1945

Famous quotes containing the words war, july, twelfth, fish and/or flying:

    Viewed as a drama, the war is somewhat disappointing.
    —D.W. (David Wark)

    Children are as destined biologically to break away as we are, emotionally, to hold on and protect. But thinking independently comes of acting independently. It begins with a two-year-old doggedly pulling on flannel pajamas during a July heat wave and with parents accepting that the impulse is a good one. When we let go of these small tasks without anger or sorrow but with pleasure and pride we give each act of independence our blessing.
    Cathy Rindner Tempelsman (20th century)

    The twelfth day of Christmas,
    My true love sent to me
    Twelve lords a-leaping.
    —Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 89–91)

    Slow, slow, as a fish she came,
    Slow as a fish coming forward,
    Swaying in a long wave;
    Her skirts not touching a leaf,
    Her white arms reaching towards me.
    Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)

    And now for something completely different.
    —Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Catch-phrase, in Monty Python’s Flying Circus (TV series)