Glasgow Commonwealth Games

Famous quotes containing the words glasgow, commonwealth and/or games:

    “A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.”
    —Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)

    “This little world, this little state, this little commonwealth of our own....”
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

    “At the age of twelve I was finding the world too small: it appeared to me like a dull, trim back garden, in which only trivial games could be played.”
    —Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)