British empire Quote by Jarod Kintz

I'm from the colonies, so I remember when the sun never set on the British Empire.

— Shahid Khan

The sun never sets on the British Empire. But it rises every morning. The sky must get awfully crowded.

— Steven Wright

“The sun never set on the British empire, an Indian nationalist later sardonically commented, because even God couldn’t trust the Englishman in the dark”

— Shashi Tharoor

“Who said the British empire was gone?! When I travel around the world and see and hear the English language everywhere, I know that…

— Mouloud Benzadi

The British Empire was so vast and so powerful, the sun would never set on it. This is how big it was, yet these…

— Malcolm X

It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards, that the sun never sets upon their Dominions.

— Thomas Gage

But while the British empire is easy to write about, it is very difficult to summarise. This is because what we call 'empire' spans…

— Kwasi Kwarteng

The sun has not yet set for all time.

— Livy

“The sun was not so true unto the day As he to me”

— William Shakespeare

In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.

— Simon Newcomb

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne…

— Wallace Stevens

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

— Nelson Mandela