Sir Thomas Adams

Famous quotes containing the words sir thomas, sir, thomas and/or adams:

“Nothing on earth more would I have,
Save that I have, to have it still.”
—Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)

“Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate,
That few but such as cannot write, translate.”
—John, Sir Denham (1615–1669)

“It’s that—the thought of the few, simple things we want and the knowledge that we’re going to get them in spite of you know Who and His spites and tempers—that keeps us living I think.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

“My favorite figure of the American author is that of a man who breeds a favorite dog, which he throws into the Mississippi River for the pleasure of making a splash. The river does not splash, but it drowns the dog.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)