Britain Quotes · Page 8

I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers.

— James Callaghan

[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We'll go quietly.

— Queen Elizabeth II

Britain is at its best when we stand up for the values that we believe in.

— Priti Patel

“Britain is not a free country. In this special investigation, Rapid Eye tells you why.”

— Simon Dwyer

Well, I've had my fair share in Britain of battling the tabloids.

— Elton John

Our party: New Labour. Our mission: new Britain. New Labour new Britain.

— Tony Blair

Everyone goes on holiday in Britain. Even Hell's Angels.

— Adam Curtis

If we don't like modern Britain, then it is very unlikely that modern Britain will like us.

— Damian Green

Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place.

— John Lydon

I love Britain. I'd like to work there. Maybe a BBC crime show; I love those. A thriller would be something different.

— Jayma Mays

“I would sum up the German character best by saying that they are the best of losers and the worst of winners.”

— Edmund Ironside

There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S.…

— John Oliver

Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to…

— Robert Mugabe

I'm pretty rubbish, as we say in Britain, artwise, and I always envy people who can pick up something and even do…

— Freddie Highmore

In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting…

— Damian Lewis

Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford…

— Irvine Welsh

I will content myself, Mr. Speaker, with those principal motives to union; first, that we are in the rapids and must go…

— Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Britain has some of the finest climbing on the planet, with a sense of wilderness that rivals anywhere else on earth. You…

— Steve Backshall

The Omen is one of my favorites. Even though I'm an atheist now, I was brought up Catholic and can remember thinking…

— Nick Frost

In France, they call the people who come to the theatre 'les spectateurs'; in Britain and Ireland, they are the audience, the…

— Simon McBurney

Britain is not part of the single currency. That is a decision we have taken, a voluntary decision of this country, but…

— George Osborne

The year 1915 was one of meager results, the advantages remaining on the side of the Central Powers, with this understanding, however:…

— Kelly Miller

The wisdom and spirit of Churchill not only saved Britain from the Third Reich but saved Western civilization from a Nazi Dark…

— Victor Davis Hanson

Germany has always stood for an E.U. of the 27 countries. But in light of Britain's continued resistance to further integration steps,…

— Wolfgang Schauble

If the new Universal History were also read, it would give a connected idea of human affairs, so far as it goes,…

— Benjamin Franklin

Part of what makes a language 'alive' is its constant evolution. I would hate to think Britain would ever emulate France, where…

— J. K. Rowling

“Some people owe everything they have to the bank accounts of their parents. I owe the state. Put simply, the state educated…

— Zadie Smith

Virtually the entire inflow was therefore Asiatic, and all but three or four thousand of that inflow originated from the Indian subcontinent...…

— Enoch Powell

Anyone who has walked through the deserted palaces of Versailles or Vienna realise how much of a part of the life of…

— William Rees-Mogg

I have learned things from the game. Much of my knowledge of locations in Britain and Europe comes not from school, but…

— Nick Hornby

“What I said was Britain was ready for another Hitler, which is quite a different thing to saying it needs another Hitler.…

— Mark Paytress

“If you read British Foreign Office records from the 1940s, it’s clear they recognised that their day in the sun was over…

— Noam Chomsky

I find in Britain people are both more arty and more willing to rip you off.

— Steven Knight

Labour has an impressive record of delivery for black Britain.

— Chuka Umunna

My husband says he wants to have the best hay field in Britain. I can't wait.

— Jasmine Guinness

My mentor is Alastair Burnet, the greatest news anchor Britain has had.

— Andrew Neil

Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.

— Anonymous

Britain has always been at its most successful when it's a trading nation.

— Liz Truss

Britain's last gold medal was a bronze in 1952 in Helsinki

— Nigel Starmer-Smith

Unlike many of its European neighbors, Britain shares many of America's financial traits.

— Robert Kiyosaki