Famous quotes containing the words michael, powell, captain and/or lansdorff:
“Lump the whole thing! Say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michael Angelo!”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)
“No battle is worth fighting except the last one.”
—J. Enoch Powell (b. 1912)
“The night was thick and hazy
When the Piccadilly Daisy
Carried down the crew and captain in the sea;
And I think the water downed em;
For they never, never found em,
And I know they didnt come ashore with me.”
—Charles Edward Carryl (18411920)
“I dont like sending ships to the bottom. What sailor does?”
—Screenwriter. Michael Powell. Captain Lansdorff (Peter Finch)