King George Island

Famous quotes containing the words king george, king and/or island:

    “When the Prince of Wales [later King George IV] and the Duke of York went to visit their brother Prince William [later William IV] at Plymouth, and all three being very loose in their manners, and coarse in their language, Prince William said to his ship’s crew, “now I hope you see that I am not the greatest blackguard of my family.””
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    “There is no king or sovereign state
    That can fix a hero’s rate;
    Each to all is venerable.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)