magnificent quotes

Beautiful! Beautiful! Magnificent desolation.

- Edwin E(ugene) Jr known as  'Buzz' Aldrin
  Spoken as he stepped out of the Eagle to join Neil Armstrong on the first moon walk, 20  Jul.

Magnificent magpiety.

-Anonymous
  Of the art collection of cosmetic manufacturer Helena Rubinstein. Time, 29  Apr.

   C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre. It is magnificent, but it isn't war.

- Pierre Bosquet
  On seeing the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava, 25 Oct. Quoted in Cecil Woodham Smith The Reason Why (1953), ch.12.

Mute and magnificent, without a tear.

-John Dryden
  Threnodia  Augustalis, stanza 2.

Since no normal humble man can help but feel magnificent in a brand-new suit of clothes, it is not surprising that those who don a fresh suit of bright white linen every day should feel magnificent always. Nor is it surprising that a normal humble head should swell beneath a solar topee, since a topee is more a badge of authority than a hat, as is the hat of a soldier.

- Xavier Herbert
  Capricornia,'Psychological Effect of a Solar Topee'.

The Magnificent Ambersons.

- (Newton) Booth Tarkington
  Title of novel.