British Quotes · Page 47

The British countryside is threatened by people and interests who really do not care for it

— Simon Jenkins

“At no point during the making of this book have I inverted my penis although I did go to Blackpool which turned…

— Matt Rudd

My folks were English. They were too poor to be British. I still have a bit of British in me. In fact,…

— Bob Hope

We can only use British actors because everybody's got to talk exactly the same.

— Michael Caine

British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography.

— Lee Child

I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.

— Fergus Henderson

Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not…

— Kevin Brownlow

“If they wanted their shit stirred, then stirred their shit was jolly well going to be.”

— Stephen Clarke

I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved…

— Peter Mandelson

I don't think the Spice Girls are celebrated as much as they should be. We championed British pop worldwide. We toured everywhere…

— Melanie Chisholm

I'm an atheist .I was raised in British reform Judaism, which is not like American reform Judaism, much less any other strain…

— Charles Stross

I've always loved American stand-up. Richard Pryor is one of the main reasons I got into stand-up. After Pryor, I made my…

— Romesh Ranganathan

You just have to go to bat and take a swing. And if you're not right for a part, or it goes…

— Tanya Fischer

Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court…

— Stockwell Day

I'm so excited to be working on Doctor Who as it's such a big and important part of British Culture. I can't…

— Maisie Williams

If the British Fleet were lost or captured, the Atlantic might be dominated by Germany, a power hostile to our way of…

— Wendell Willkie

We are in the presence of a recruiting drive systematically and deliberately undertaken by American business, by American universities, and to a…

— Lord Hailsham

Britain has always told the world that being British is about the humanity, compassion and moral fortitude that we have. All great…

— John Barnes

For William Cecil and others in Elizabeth's Council, whose sense of Catholic conspiracy and threat governed their political thinking, England's security lay…

— Susan Brigden

Dizzee's just my childhood hero. He's definitely the inspiration. He's got himself to a very good place. He's defied the expectations of…

— Tinie Tempah

The British were doing crime stories first, but the British thing is a very different thing. There, the stories are about restoring…

— Donald E. Westlake

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

— Christopher Fowler

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

Our [British] summers are often, though beautiful for verdure, so cold, that they are rather cold winters.

— Horace Walpole

To inspire the British people we need to look different, sound different, and offer something new. I believe I can do that.

— James Cleverly

The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.

— Antony Beevor

I am addicted to 'Vogue' magazines, be they French, British - I adore, adore, adore.

— Cat Deeley

“Q. Why don't the British panic? A. They do, but very quietly. It is impossible for the naked eye to tell their…

— George Mikes

In British sitcoms, you can get five minutes of nothing before the story starts.

— Lee Mack

It's like I'm held up as some kind of beacon of England - or some bloody British bulldog.

— Helen Baxendale

Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family.

— Roland Joffe

I feel like Ive been engaged to the British Empire since 1980 and tonight you have given me the ring knighthood.

— Steven Spielberg

With their charm and legendary sense of humor, the British directly or indirectly paved the way for a large number of European…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

Obama's folksy come-on is as bad as Madonna's faux British - and both are in need of fresh inspiration.

— Camille Paglia

The US head of state grew up on food stamps. The British head of state grew up on the postage stamps.

— Johann Hari

The Bradshaws suggests an extraordinary civilisation that existed long before modern man reached the British Isles.

— Richard Flanagan

Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in…

— Mike Myers

The skills of the British intelligence community are a great national asset.

— John Scarlett

That's the only time when newspapers have some influence, when they are pushing the British public in a direction they are already…

— Andrew Neil