Battle of The Somme/battle of Bazentin Ridge 14-22 July

Famous quotes containing the words battle, somme, ridge and/or july:

    All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest—never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equal partnership.
    Ann Landers (b. 1918)

    Somme seyde, wommen loven best richesse,
    Somme seyde, honour, somme seyde, jolynesse;
    Somme, riche array, somme seyden, lust abedde,
    And ofte tyme to be widwe and wedde.
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    The light passes
    from ridge to ridge,
    from flower to flower.
    Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    ...there was the annual Fourth of July picketing at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. ...I thought it was ridiculous to have to go there in a skirt. But I did it anyway because it was something that might possibly have an effect. I remember walking around in my little white blouse and skirt and tourists standing there eating their ice cream cones and watching us like the zoo had opened.
    Martha Shelley, U.S. author and social activist. As quoted in Making History, part 3, by Eric Marcus (1992)