Famous quotes containing the words british, academy and/or award:
“The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.”
—Robert Morley (1908–1992)
“The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created.”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)
“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)