Rear Admiral Carney

Famous quotes containing the words rear, admiral and/or carney:

    Plow your own fields and rear your own children.
    Chinese proverb.

    In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
    Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)

    Little drops of water,
    Little grains of sand,
    Make the mighty ocean
    And the beauteous land.
    —Julia A. Fletcher Carney (1823–1908)