British Quotes · Page 36

Hollywood movies are designed for 15-year-old youths from North Dakota who, intellectually speaking, are on equal terms with a British zoo animal.

— Jeremy Clarkson

I want people to buy British because it's the tastiest food and the most exciting food.

— Liz Truss

I am as much British, white and working class, my mother's background, as I am black and Nigerian, my father's heritage.

— David Olusoga

British ferries have stopped transporting live animals to the Continent. This has made it very difficult for England fans to get to…

— Jo Brand

Let’s just agree any group of 3 or more handsome British men should be referred to as a 'cumberbatch.'

— Conan O'Brien

I don't enjoy British shows as a rule because British audiences are strange.

— Andrew Eldritch

If ailing British companies such as Rolls-Royce, Land Rover, British Airways and Cadbury can be turned around, there is still hope for…

— Noel Edmonds

I would have thought you'd import an English staff?" "Good heavens, no! I would not wish a British chef on anyone except…

— Dan Brown

Virtually all my conscious life I had been involved in theatre - I had been a child actor - but as a…

— Tony Robinson

I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British and my future was in Britain. And it would…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

Working on the accent helped, enormously. I will tell you that when I brought Michael a correct 'British' accent, one that my…

— Madeleine Stowe

The best slogan Conservatives have always used is 'One Nation.' You cannot have One Nation if British people who happen to have…

— Damian Green

I have multiple identities. I'm British. I'm Pakistani. I'm a Muslim. I'm a writer. I'm a father. And each identity has rich…

— Ziauddin Sardar

Mr. Churchill connected truly to what was in the hearts of the British people, which is what a buoyant leader does. One…

— Kevin Allen

You ever mix two different groups of friends? That can be stressful. You always feel like you have to prep 'em. You're…

— Jim Gaffigan

As a financial historian, I was quite isolated in Oxford - British historians are supposed to write about kings - so the…

— Niall Ferguson

It is Toussaint's supreme merit that while he saw European civilisation as a valuable and necessary thing, and strove to lay its…

— Anonymous

So I believe in singing to such an extent that if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would…

— Brian Eno

Even under the British there were hostile groups. There were clashes. But, as we found out later, these were clashes provoked by…

— Indira Gandhi

We used to have a War Office, but now we have a Ministry of Defence, nuclear bombs are now described as deterrents,…

— Tony Benn

What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself,…

— Gail Carriger

The military struggle may frankly be regarded for what it actually was, namely a war for independence, an armed attempt to imposethe…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

In this instance of the fire-arms, the Asiatic has been most improperly bracketed with the native. The British Indian does not need…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Statistics show that the nature of English crime is reverting to its oldest habits. In a country where so many desire status…

— Christopher Fowler

Boycott brought about anyhow of British cloth cannot yield the same results as such boycott brought about by hand-spinning and khaddar.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are,…

— Winston Churchill

[The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it.

— William E. Gladstone

“We only need to wear shoes because the British built roads which hurt our feet.”

— Anthony Burgess

The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are, to being published…

— Tibor Fischer

Most British statesmen have either drunk too much or womanised too much. I never fell into the second category.

— Baron George-Brown George Brown

I think the British learn their history through the prism of this gallery of grotesques known as the royals.

— Harry Shearer

There can never be a single, satisfactory comprehensive account of the 'history of the British empire.'

— Linda Colley

It is quite untrue that British people don't appreciate music. They may not understand it but they absolutely love the noise it…

— Thomas Beecham

The British people have a global outlook, they are generous, and when they see suffering and injustice they are motivated to act.

— Penny Mordaunt

Too close and unthinking an allegiance to Washington has sometimes got British governments into trouble.

— Linda Colley

“Because the whole British thing you have going on makes me want to do very wicked things to your mouth.”

— Christina Lauren

At the end of the day, flirting is a pretty universal language. Americans are more direct. British people are more indirect about…

— Rachel Weisz

I've been fortunate to work since I was 20 and I've always strived to be a part of good independent British cinema.

— Harris Dickinson

It's often assumed that British actors read Shakespeare and sonnets as we're going to bed at night and we're all very familiar…

— Kate Winslet

Awkwardness is a part of life. It happens every day. Especially if you're British.

— Amelia Dimoldenberg