Royal Institution Building

Famous quotes containing the words royal, institution and/or building:

    “High from the summit of a craggy cliff,
    Hung o’er the deep, such as amazing frowns
    On utmost Kilda’s shore, whose lonely race
    Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds,
    The royal eagle draws his vigorous young”
    —James Thomson (1700–1748)

    “The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family.”
    —Paul Johnson (b. 1928)

    “Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth.”
    —Harold MacMillan (1894–1986)