British Commonwealth Games

Famous quotes containing the words british, commonwealth and/or games:

    “It’s like the Beatles coming together again—let’s hope they don’t go on a world tour.”
    —Matt Frei, British journalist. Quoted in Listener (London, June 21, 1990)

    “I’the commonwealth I would by contraries
    Execute all things; for no kind of traffic
    Would I admit; no name of magistrate;
    Letters should not be known; riches, poverty,
    And use of service, none; contract, succession,
    Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none;
    No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil;
    No occupation; all men idle, all,
    And women too, but innocent and pure.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The rules of drinking games are taken more serious than the rules of war.”
    —Chinese proverb.