Sir Philip Parker

Famous quotes containing the words sir philip, sir and/or parker:

    “Thou blind man’s mark, thou fool’s self-chosen snare,
    Fond Fancy’s scum and dregs of scattered thought,
    Band of all evils, cradle of causeless care,
    Thou web of will whose end is never wrought;
    Desire! desire, I have too dearly bought
    With price of mangled mind thy worthless ware;”
    —Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)

    “Some fell by laudanum, and some by steel,
    And death in ambush lay in every pill.”
    —Samuel, Sir Garth (1661–1719)

    “Guns aren’t lawful;
    Nooses give;
    Gas smells awful;
    You might as well live.”
    —Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)