British Controlled Territory

Famous quotes containing the words british, controlled and/or territory:

    “For with this desire of physical beauty mingled itself early the fear of death—the fear of death intensified by the desire of beauty.”
    —Walter Pater 1839–1894, British writer, educator. originally published in Macmillan’s Magazine (Aug. 1878)

    “To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.”
    —Heraclitus (c. 535 B.C.–c. 475 B.C.)

    “I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can’t stand it. I been there before.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)