Victoria Cross Warrant

Famous quotes containing the words victoria, cross and/or warrant:

    “The men who are grandfathers should be the fathers. Grandpas get to do it right with their grandchildren.”
    —Anonymous Grandparent. As quoted in Women and Their Fathers, by Victoria Secunda, ch. 2 (1992)

    “If I can cross him any way, I bless myself every way.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Here’s to the maiden of bashful fifteen;
    Here’s to the widow of fifty;
    Here’s to the flaunting extravagant queen;
    And here’s to the housewife that’s thrifty.
    Let the toast pass,—
    Drink to the lass,
    I’ll warrant she’ll prove an excuse for the glass.”
    —Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)