Colonel Claude John

Famous quotes containing the words colonel, claude and/or john:

    “The Colonel went out sailing,
    He spoke with Turk and Jew
    With Christian and with Infidel
    For all tongues he knew.
    “O what’s a wifeless man?” said he
    And he came sailing home.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “I was so angry to realize I’m a Quebecois, with no past, no history, just two cans of maple syrup.”
    —Jean Claude Lauzon (b. 1954)

    “But I’m his poor shepherd, as plain you may see,
    That am come to beg pardon for him and for me.””
    —Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 99–100)