Ancient British Isles

Famous quotes containing the words ancient, british and/or isles:

    “Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depressions in the world consciousness.”
    —Dewitt Bodeen (1908–1988)

    “They have to prove their superiority every day. It’s their one tremendous weakness.”
    —Edmund H. North, British screenwriter, and Lewis Gilbert. Captain Shepard (Kenneth More)

    “The isles of Greece! the isles of Greece
    Where burning Sappho loved and sung,”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)