1st Earl of Crawford

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or crawford:

    It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut.
    Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    [Asked by an interviewer, “What do YOU want to be?”]: What people want me to be.
    —Joan Crawford (1908–1977)