British Commonwealth Games

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

    “I know an Englishman,
    Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.”
    —George Chapman c. 1559–1634, British dramatist, poet, translator. repr. In Plays and Poems of George Chapman: The Tragedies, ed. Thomas Marc Parrott (1910)

    “The commonwealth of Athens is become a forest of beasts.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.”
    —William Burroughs (b. 1914)