British Quotes · Page 45

The United States may have retained more of the intellectual imprint of the British 18th century than Britain itself.

— William Rees-Mogg

The Queen of England gave me the honor of the Order of the British Empire for working with children.

— Henry Winkler

Opponents have claimed that regulating carbon will hurt the economy and businesses. The economies of California and British Columbia prove otherwise.

— Ted Wheeler

If the British are a nation of shopkeepers, Americans are a nation of shoppers.

— Ada Louise Huxtable

“ Henry Denton: You Brits really don't have a sense of humor do you? Elsie: We do if something's funny, sir.”

— Julian Fellowes

We need to provide leadership, stability and confidence to the British people. We cannot indulge in parochial or nativist fantasies.

— Suella Braverman

My mum is Croatian, and obviously she's female and she's very emotional, very hot-blooded, very touchy-feely, whereas I think my dad's quite…

— Tamara Ecclestone

The British churchgoer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbors no harm.

— George Bernard Shaw

Sometimes I feel I have more faith in European ideals than some of my British or French friends. For them, it's a…

— Elif Safak

I would say we are a friend in need and I am sure that the Greek people would very much welcome the…

— George Papandreou

British business is disappointed that the MPC felt unable to act more boldly to counter the worsening economic circumstances and the sharp…

— David Frost

Americans fall into two categories when it comes to British royalty: loyalists and rebels. Loyalists made Princess Diana the all-time best-selling 57-time…

— Martha MacCallum

Why did the British authorities wait eight months before charging me - and then drop the charges, claiming there was insufficient evidence…

— Katharine Gun

I think the British industry is set up to support British film, if we make films that enable them to support it.…

— Noel Clarke

When I read that the British army had landed thirty-two thousand troops - and I had realized, not very long before, that…

— David McCullough

We want people to have a stake in the British economy so I am in favour of actually encouraging people to have…

— George Osborne

Arthur Scargill’s leadership of the miners’ strike has been a disgrace. The price to be paid for his folly will be immense.…

— Jimmy Reid

Sometimes I can inhabit a feisty, vicious character. Sometimes I can inhabit a painfully shy British girl, or whatever it might be.…

— Rose McIver

It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my government will be a "soft touch" in the…

— Margaret Thatcher

I can work in London. A British journalist asked me if I had any trouble working with an English crew, as an…

— William Monahan

I guess I came to terms with my demons. Or else I'd be in big trouble, wouldn't I? Horrifying as it was…

— Margot Kidder

In the past, people couldn't place me. They thought that I was Danish or English or French. They never got that I…

— Italo Zucchelli

And whatever their publicized angst over Saddam Hussein's 'weapons of mass destruction,' American and British authorities were also concerned about violence in…

— Alan Greenspan

All of Western tradition, from the late bloom of the British Empire right through the early doom of Vietnam, dictates that you…

— June Jordan

The British political system is broken in many ways and needs big changes - the E.U. is not our only problem.

— Dominic Cummings

London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world... It's got everything you want,…

— David Attenborough

All British castles and old country homes are supposed to be haunted. It's in the lease.

— Bob Hope

The young British players need to take responsibility themselves for their form and ability.

— Tim Henman

I will continue to entertain the great British public. Because that is what I love doing.

— David Jason

I was the first white British woman to reach No 1 on the R&B chart - the American black music chart.

— Lisa Stansfield

We must prevent a criminal understanding between the Fascist aggressors and the British and French imperialist clique.

— Grigor Dimitrov

I love British folk music, but I'm not obsessed with it. I love the Celtic stuff, and Enya is a favorite, but…

— Weyes Blood

I love 'Splash!' and 'Take Me Out.' Not that I'd ever do 'Splash!' It's the parading on British TV in a swimming…

— Maxine Peake

At different times my children went to Polish, British, and American schools, and they learned about 'the nation' in all of them.

— Anne Applebaum

We must be out of the protectionist common external tariff, which mainly protects inefficient E.U. industries at the cost to British consumers.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.

— Sidney Poitier

Everything went smoothly at the sailing events today, except for the British team. They forgot to bring limes and they all got…

— Craig Ferguson

I'm a huge, huge fan of almost everything British. I love 'The Office' - I was a faithful follower of that show…

— Brad Paisley

My British accent often made me close my throat and sing from all the wrong places.

— Jen Ledger

We fought against British not because of the color of their skin but also because of the exploitative character of their government.

— Arvind Kejriwal