Famous quotes containing the words oliver north, oliver, north and/or affair:
“Bill Clinton is not my commander-in-chief.”
—Oliver North (b. 1943)
“My grandmother stood among her kettles and ladles.
Smiling, in faulty grammar,
She praised my fortune and urged my lofty career.
So to please her I studied—but I will remember always
How she poured confusion out, how she cooled and labeled
All the wild sauces of the brimming year.”
—Mary Oliver (b. 1935)
“The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts.”
—Ivan Illich (b. 1926)
“Snarls and sobs show that a love affair is getting serious.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)