Captain Von Trapp

Famous quotes containing the words captain, von and/or trapp:

    “I do not believe in erecting statues to those who still live in our hearts, whose bones have not yet crumbled in the earth around us, but I would rather see the statue of Captain Brown in the Massachusetts State-House yard than that of any other man whom I know. I rejoice that I live in this age, that I am his contemporary.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Self-alienation is the source of all degradation as well as, on the contrary, the basis of all true elevation. The first step will be a look inward, an isolating contemplation of our self. Whoever remains standing here proceeds only halfway. The second step must be an active look outward, an autonomous, determined observation of the outer world.”
    —Novalis [Friedrich Von Hardenberg] (1772–1801)

    “The due process of law as we use it, I believe, rests squarely on the liberal idea of conflict and resolution.”
    —June L. Trapp (b. 1930)