Wars Holiday Special

Famous quotes containing the words wars, holiday and/or special:

    “The soger frae the wars returns,
    The sailor frae the main,
    But I hae parted frae my Love,
    Never to meet again, my dear,
    Never to meet again.”
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)

    “I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you can, then it ain’t music, it’s close-order drill or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.”
    —Billie Holiday (1915–1959)

    “‘I mean to retire, where
    Nobody will have heard about my special skills
    And conversation is mainly about the wearther.”
    —Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (b.1942)