British Controlled Territory

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

    “The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together, and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science their labour bore fruit.”
    —George Mikes (b. 1912)

    “You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify the ways of God to man, you might end up interesting your readers rather more in Satan.”
    —Ian McEwan (b. 1938)

    “Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)