Francis Webb

Francis Webb may refer to:

  • Francis Webb (engineer) (1836–1906), British
  • Francis Webb (poet) (1925–1973), Australian

Famous quotes containing the words francis and/or webb:

    I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had to hailbomb, for twelve hours, and when it was all over I walked up.... We didn’t find one of ‘em, not one stinking dink
    body. That smell, you know, that gasoline smell. The whole hill. It smelled like ... victory.
    John Milius, U.S. screenwriter, Francis Ford Coppola (b. 1939)

    Renunciation: that is the great fact we all, individuals and classes, have to learn. In trying to avoid it we bring misery to ourselves and others.
    —Beatrice Potter Webb (1858–1943)