Sir Walter Elliot

Famous quotes containing the words sir walter, walter and/or elliot:

    “Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)

    “Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in the first, thou shalt be accounted profane; if in the second, dangerous; if in the third, indiscreet and foolish.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)

    “I’ll be right here.”
    —Melissa Mathison, U.S. screenwriter, and Steven Spielberg. ET, ET The Extra-Terrestrial, saying goodbye to Elliot as he touches Elliot’s forehead—ET’s final words in the film (1982)