Famous quotes containing the words british and/or blue:
“The inhabitants of St. John’s and vicinity are described by an English traveler as “singularly unprepossessing,” and before completing his period he adds, “besides, they are generally very much disaffected to the British crown.” I suspect that that “besides” should have been a “because.””
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Debussy—A pretty girl with one blue eye and one brown one.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)