Tinker Tailor Soldier

Famous quotes containing the words tinker, tailor and/or soldier:

“The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker with the universe; he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)

“As the saddle makes the horse, so the tailor makes the man.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Will you vouchsafe to teach a soldier terms
Such as will enter at a lady’s ear
And plead his love-suit to her gentle heart?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)