Operation Neptune Spear

Famous quotes containing the words operation, neptune and/or spear:

    “Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to be commanded must be obeyed; and that which in contemplation is as the cause is in operation as the rule.”
    —Francis Bacon (1560–1626)

    “His nature is too noble for the world;
    He would not flatter Neptune for his trident,
    Or Jove for’s power to thunder.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “It is easy to dodge a spear in the daylight, but it is difficult to avoid an arrow in the dark.”
    —Chinese proverb.