British Controlled Territory

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

    “Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “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)