Famous quotes containing the words british and/or chess:
“His work was that curious mixture of bad painting and good intentions that always entitles a man to be called a representative British artist.”
—Oscar Wilde (18541900)
“Its a great huge game of chess thats being playedall over the worldif this is the world at all, you know. Oh, what fun it is! How I wish I was one of them! I wouldnt mind being a Pawn, if only I might jointhough of course I should like to be a Queen, best.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (18321898)