Famous quotes containing the words sir john, sir, john, walter, brooke and/or halsey:
“Lord, reserve for me a crown,
And do not let my shares go down.”
—Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)
“Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.”
—Terence, Sir Conran (b. 1931)
“Look Johnny, Spig just joined the Navy. I’m married to it. I run the mess hall. I swab the deck. I chip the rust. You’re afraid that they’ll kick Spig out of the Navy. I’m afraid that they won’t.”
—Frank Fenton, William Wister Haines, co-scenarist, and John Ford. Minne Wead (Maureen O’Hara)
“Right now he’s suffering the cruelest tortures the Germans can devise. But he won’t talk—not as long as he can stand that punishment. And no human body can stand it too long—not even this wonderful, tough guy from Minnesota.”
—John Monks, Jr., U.S. screenwriter, Sy Bartlett, and Henry Hathaway. Gibson (Frank Lattimore? Walter Abel? Melville Cooper?)
“The pain, the calm, and the astonishment,
Desire illimitable, and still content,
And all dear names men use, to cheat despair,”
—Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)
“Englishwomen’s shoes look as if they had been made by someone who had often heard shoes described, but had never seen any.”
—Margaret Halsey (b. 1910)