Sir Walter Scott

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

    The first rule of venture capitalism should be Shoot the Inventor.
    Richard, Sir Storey (b. 1937)

    Our graves that hide us from the searching sun
    Are like drawn curtains when the play is done.
    Thus march we, playing, to our latest rest,
    Only, we die in earnest—that’s no jest.
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)

    Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)