Maynard Owen Williams quotes

“The uniform of polish uhlan makes even the youngest, inexperienced boy looks like he's made from steel.”
-- Maynard Owen Williams

Source : The National Geographic, August 1926.

#Boys Quotes #Looks Quotes #Uniforms Quotes

“Never grieve for me if it is my good fortune to die with my boots on. That's what I most hope for.”
-- Maynard Owen Williams

Source : Letter to Gilbert Grosvenor, 1948.

#Grieving Quotes #Boots Quotes #Fortune Quotes

“When Luis Marden dropped in by air from Säo Paulo, he demanded gauchos...”
-- Maynard Owen Williams

#Air Quotes

“Statues and children frame the Eiffel Tower and its watery image. When the Germans occupied Paris, they housed a beacon light in the Tower to guide their night planes. The victorious United States Army requisitioned this landmark as a radar transmission point.”
-- Maynard Owen Williams

#Children Quotes #Army Quotes #Night Quotes

“If one sits on the head of the Great Buddha and looks across the green valley, framed by the arch of the grotto and dotted with fort-like manors that are almost tiny villages, he has a view and a sensation of rare beauty.”
-- Maynard Owen Williams

#Rare Beauty Quotes #Views Quotes #Valleys Quotes

“The biggest misconception about me is the bad-boy image that everyone stuck me into due to my tattoos, drug days and the constant changes I make with my hair color.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

“Beautifully shot, impeccably paced, it was a clear, unrelenting look at the National Trust, its friends and enemies, and it makes you want to burn your passport and beg the Luftwaffe to have another go.”

Source : "AA Gill obituary" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2016.

“Manchester has everything but good looks..., the only place in England which escapes our characteristic vice of snobbery.”

“Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.”

“I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.”

“Above all, our freedom endures because of the men and women in uniform who defend it.”

“My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.”

“I have good legs, so I prefer my skirt lengths and my high heels. It's like my uniform.”

“Boys do not leave their boyhood behind when they leave off their school uniform.”

“No, I'm all man. I even fought in WWII. Of course, I was wearing women's undergarments under my uniform.”

Source : "Fictional character: Ed Wood". "Ed Wood", 1994.