I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot… — Linford Christie Copy Share Image
Britain produces great actors because they learn on stage so know their stuff when they get on a movie set. — Jerry Weintraub Copy Share Image
I think the tradition of well-written history hasn't been squashed out of the academic world as much in Britain as it has… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
As for Glastonbury, it's the biggest festival there is in Britain, and I'm very pleased to be asked to do it. — Shakin' Stevens Copy Share Image
The history of post-war Britain shows us that we are lousy at running our economy. We need someone to do it for… — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel's united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted. — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
The United States may have retained more of the intellectual imprint of the British 18th century than Britain itself. — William Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
From the railways to the World Wide Web, Britain has been bringing people closer together for centuries, driving up living standards, and… — Gavin Williamson Copy Share Image
It's the reason why so many people left Britain like I did in the mid 60s because Britain was exactly the same… — Robin Leach Copy Share Image
Crossrail is a prime example of infrastructure. It is a rather deadly word, but I think it is exciting stuff, the civil… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
The Anglo-Saxon farmers had scarce conquered foothold, stronghold, freehold in the Western wilderness before they became sowers of hemp--with remembrance of Virginia,… — James Lane Allen Copy Share Image
Leaving Europe in my mind wasn't the best thing; it's not the best way of having that political voice. But that's the… — Ruth Wilson Copy Share Image
I know some of my parents' friends think 'Little Britain' is in incredibly poor taste. But swimming the Channel? You can't really… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in.… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
I think the best singers in the world, historically, are American. Britain's got its fair share, as well, but some of the… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
You know, you can make a small mistake in language or etiquette in Britain, or you could when I was younger, and… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Certain formats should never be forgotten, 'Blind Date' for instance, because 'Britain's Got Talent' is really 'New Faces' or 'The Gong Show,'… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
And I think the almost undeviating support by Great Britain for the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq have been a… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Britain's way of dealing with disability is just to try and pretend it's not happening. A swift sweep under the carpet. — Jameela Jamil Copy Share Image
You're always more critical of your own country. People will talk about stuff in Britain, and I'll go: 'Aw, it's not that… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
We undervalue food in this country, yet Britain has beautiful food and beautiful growing conditions. It is astonishing the range we can… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
As for the dream of a global Britain trading more energetically from Asia to Latin America, the E.U. has tied our hands,… — Dominic Raab Copy Share Image
It would have been very much better for the world if Britain had remained neutral and the Germans had won a quick… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Tony Blair has to consider very carefully to what extent he can leave Britain, the party and the nation guessing as to… — Robin Cook Copy Share Image
You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Even at its most powerful, Britain always needed alliances with other European states. There would almost certainly have been no British victory… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe. — Jose Manuel Barroso Copy Share Image
Unemployment is due to the large import of goods from Britain and other countries. The Government haven't used the powers which they… — Eamon de Valera Copy Share Image
I went back in British history. Some 204 people died there after a mine collapsed in 1838. In 1866, 361 miners died… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
'Britain's Royal Families' became my first published book, in 1989, from The Bodley Head, and the rest of the story is -… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
The House of Peers, throughout the war, Did nothing in particular, And did it very well: Yet Britain set the world ablaze… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
Britain has bred many great explorers, but they seem to get so little coverage compared to soccer and rugby players. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Britain still has the most reliably beautiful countryside of anywhere in the world. I would hate to be part of the generation… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Great Britain would spend her last guinea to keep a navy superior to that of the United States or any other power. — David Lloyd George Copy Share Image
Britain is not a country that is easily rocked by revolution... In Britain our institutions evolve. We are a Fabian Society writ… — William Hamilton Copy Share Image
The era of industrial Britain, where a large section of our workforce provided cheap labour in factories and processing goods, is over. — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
I grew up in one of the most deprived parts of Britain. I know the problems which inner-city children face. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
There are those who are trying to create an anti-business culture in Britain - and we have to stop them. At stake… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
“How do you know she had sex?” Dallas asks. “Every time a penis touches Britain, I receive a telepathic notification.” “Oh,” Dallas… — Iris Blaire Copy Share Image
I'll wear no convicts uniform nor meekly serve my time that Britain might brand Irelands fight 800 years of crime.. — Bobby Sands Copy Share Image
