1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

Famous quotes containing the words baron, mount and/or royal:

    “Sleep, and forget all things but one,
    Heard in each wave of sea,—
    How lonely all the years will run
    Until I rest by thee.”
    —John Byrne Leicester Warren, 3rd Baron De Tabley (1835–1895)

    “Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.”
    —Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965)

    “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Matthew 11:7-9.

    Jesus speaking about John the Baptist.