Commonwealth Games England

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

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

    “Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Casting me adrift, 3500 miles from a port of call. You’re sending me to my doom, eh? Well, you’re wrong, Christian! I’ll take this boat as she floats to England if I must. I’ll live to see you—all of you—hanging from the highest yardarms in the British fleet.”
    —Talbot Jennings (1896–1985)