Famous quotes containing the words commander, amphibious and/or forces:
“A good old commander and a most kind gentleman.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“swirling crustacean-
tailed equine amphibious creatures
that garnish the axle-tree! What
a fine thing! What unannoying
romance!”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“The popularity of disaster movies ... expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the last moment. Their thinly veiled symbolic meaning might be translated thus: We are innocent of wrongdoing. We are attacked by unforeseeable forces come to harm us. We are, thus, innocent even of negligence. Though those forces are insuperable, chance will come to our aid and we shall emerge victorious.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)
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