British Quotes · Page 34

“The man’s a twit.” “I love when you get all British.” He lifted an eyebrow. “I’m always all British”

— Suzanne Enoch

The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today.

— George Mikes

I think there is racism at the heart of British policy and has been both in Labour and Conservative times.

— Frankie Boyle

It is fundamental to socialism that we should liquidate the British Empire as soon as we can

— Stafford Cripps

I don't feel comfortable sitting by a pool with other British people who may just gawk and take photographs of me.

— Gregg Wallace

When I'm lying drunk at an airport the press call me Irish... but when I win an Oscar, I'm classified as British.

— Brenda Fricker

The whole British invasion sort of changed my life. It made me want to move to New York.

— Bebe Buell

The people who tend to raise antiwar slogans will do so generally when it's American or British interests involved.

— Christopher Hitchens

Tyrrells crisps are one of the top sellers in France. I don't know if you've tasted crisps in other countries, but I…

— Liz Truss

British and Canadian sci-fi strikes me as more forward-looking than its American counterpart, as evidenced by the success of Iain M. Banks,…

— Nick Sagan

I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the…

— Vince Cable

One of the admirable features of British novelists is that they have no scruple about setting their stories in foreign settings with…

— James Buchan

You know of our sympathetic interest in this country in Iran's desire to control its natural resources. From this point of view…

— Harry S. Truman

Sometimes I'd go [in British accent] "Uhh, brilliant! Absolutely brilliant, thank you. Wonderful. Cheers!" I do say "cheers" automatically," from living over…

— Rich Fulcher

About California... "I thought it was an appalling place. Then I went through a period of being amused by it. Now it's…

— Alex Kingston

You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just…

— Doris Lessing

I was born into a Turkish family that had acquired Italian citizenship. Many members of the family subsequently became British, French, Brazilian,…

— Andre Aciman

The British are so funny. It's like they can't believe I lived in Hackney. 'You could live in Bondi Beach. Why would…

— Rose Byrne

My colleagues and I are of that generation of young men who went through the Second World War and the Japanese Occupation…

— Lee Kuan Yew

When Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government fell in May 1940, the nation turned to Churchill. At last, his unique qualities were brought…

— Gretchen Rubin

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

Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling ones pulse and…

— Anonymous

Both of you’ll just have to believe me. Emma’s one of those women who was born with… The thing is, the minute…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

British actors come at acting from a slightly different angle. Because a lot of the films are cast out there, they are…

— Jim Sturgess

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.

— Dominic West

I think it's difficult for British coaches to get a job at the top clubs and may get harder as time goes…

— Eddie Howe

It sometimes occurs to me that the British have more heritage than isgood for them.

— Bill Bryson

I don't know how convincing I'd be as a soul cat. I'm a scrawny British kid.

— George Ezra

Non-conformity has always been one of the great British virtues, and that includes non-conformity to things British.

— Howard Jacobson

The British press isn't as vicious as it used to be, and these days it's sort of cool to care again. Everyone…

— Guy Garvey

Some of the most fundamental beliefs in our world view have evolved from British universities.

— Gavin Williamson

Maybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I'd be on the front page of the paper.

— Maria Sharapova

Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on…

— John Major

I like dry-to-the-bone stuff. I don't know what it is. I was raised on PBS showing weird British comedies.

— Jonathan Krisel

The only thing that could possibly save British politics would be Margaret Thatcher's assassin.

— Steven Morrissey

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.

— Catherine Drinker Bowen

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

— Harold MacMillan

'Cardiac Arrest' was the first British drama to use a lot of medical jargon. 'ER' began the following year and was the…

— Jed Mercurio

Before Cliff (Richard) and The Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music.

— John Lennon

“Wait. Stephen Fry is gay?” “Ohmigod, how are you alive?” “I thought he was just British!”

— Alis Franklin