Rear Admiral Carney

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

    “It is not those who till the fields who eat fine rice, nor those who rear the silkworms who wear fine silks.”
    —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)