Dagger Cannon Fire

Famous quotes containing the words dagger, cannon and/or fire:

    “Hath no man’s dagger here a point for me?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Examples are cited by soldiers, of men who have seen the cannon pointed, and the fire given to it, and who have stepped aside from he path of the ball. The terrors of the storm are chiefly confined to the parlour and the cabin.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Boys, when you see the enemy, fire and then run, and as I am a little lame, I will run now.”
    —For the State of Rhode Island, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)