British Fleet

Famous quotes containing the words british and/or fleet:

    “The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.”
    —Robert Morley (1908–1992)

    “On the middle of that quiet floor
    sits a fleet of small black ships,
    square-rigged, sails furled, motionless,
    their spars like burned matchsticks.”
    —Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)