General Sir Richard

Famous quotes containing the words sir richard, general and/or richard:

    “At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay,
    And a pinnace, like a fluttered bird, came flying from far away:
    ‘Spanish ships of war at sea! we have sighted fifty-three!’”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “We raised a simple prayer
    Before we left the spot,
    That in the general mowing
    That place might be forgot;
    Or if not all so favored,
    Obtain such grace of hours
    That none should mow the grass there
    While so confused with flowers.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “I don’t know how you feel, professor, but I feel like a knife that’s just stabbed a friend in the back.”
    —Earl Felton, and Richard Fleischer. Ned Land (Kirk Douglas)