In the British military system, there is a very strict chain of command. Americans just want to win, and the correct strategy… — Scott Raab Copy Share Image
“... instead of trying to grapple with the implications of the story of empire, the British seem to have decided just to… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
While scuba diving off the British Virgin Islands about 25 years ago, our boat's anchor got stuck. I dived down to release… — David Jason Copy Share Image
I made a very concerted decision to go to drama school in the United States. But I did have the opportunity to… — Kate Burton Copy Share Image
Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
There is a golden thread which runs through British history of the individual, standing firm against tyranny and then of the individual… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
My first book was the most successful debut novel in the UK ever and every one of my books has reached number… — Kathy Reichs Copy Share Image
Being in the European Union has its advantages, and I think that is what the British are beginning to understand, what those… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
Not only the priceless heritage of our fathers, of our seamen, of our Empire builders is being thrown away in a war… — John Amery Copy Share Image
That this occurred at the launch of the report into the Labour Party's recent troubles with antisemitism shows how deep the sickness… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Few remember that the battle of Rorke's Drift was fought on the same day that the British Army suffered its most humiliating… — Saul David Copy Share Image
My hobbies are cooking and gardening, especially growing orchids. I love soccer, my husband and I support a British team called Chelsea,… — Juliet Mills Copy Share Image
Under the British healthcare system, there is a commission that decides whether or not, based on your age and physical condition, the… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
While the demand for organic food outstrips supply, we happen to know that 77 percent of consumers don't want genetically engineered crops… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles in the United States, I would venture that Thatcher did far… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
According to a British poll, you've only got a one in five chance of achieving your childhood career ambition. Which probably explains… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up… — James Wolfe Copy Share Image
I wouldn't even have braces on my teeth. I think they are horrible, and this idea that everyone should conform and be… — Georgia May Jagger Copy Share Image
“No race on earth is as clever at being strangers as the British. They wrap themselves in formality, they withdraw behind veil… — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
One of the things I miss most about the U.K. is political TV, and I have one of those little gadgets, which… — Raza Jaffrey Copy Share Image
In film, it's very important to not allow yourself to get sentimental, which, being British, I try to avoid. People sometimes regard… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
You know what? I'm really attracted to British women, there's something innately proper about them. However badly they behave their accent is… — Josh Hartnett Copy Share Image
My dad brings a deep-seated knowledge of the British folk genre, and a lot of my love for guitar playing comes from… — Joel Plaskett Copy Share Image
The British state already invests in early intervention campaigns in drug abuse and sexual health. Challenging extremism should be no less of… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter how many people say 'don't be hard on yourself,' I feel like I have to redeem myself to my… — Ricky Hatton Copy Share Image
The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British… — Rupert Everett Copy Share Image
There's an awful lot of white British kids who have never really gone hungry, always had a roof to live under but… — Richey Edwards Copy Share Image
It's ironic that early on in the war with Afghanistan, the Americans and the British were saying, 'We recognise there must be… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
Conservative and Labour governments have arguably championed British rights in Brussels so ostentatiously in order to deflect public attention away from their… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
With their own record of killing 12 million American Indians and supporting slavery for four decades after the British abolished it, Americans… — Andrew Roberts Copy Share Image
What I have a problem with is these privileged people telling the British people how they should think. I find that rank… — Suella Braverman Copy Share Image
I began writing when I was still in the British Foreign Service, and it was then understood that even if you wrote… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
What did I want with prestige? The British Open paid the winner $600 in American money. A man would have to be… — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
President Obama hosted a state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron. The president and the British are getting along a lot… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
Margaret Thatcher has shown that there is power and dignity to be won by defying the status quo and the majority rather… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I'm quite British in the sense of not expressing my emotions much. I save it for my songs. If you ask about… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
If you cut me I bleed Birmingham. Others would say it's being a woman, but coming from Birmingham is the single most… — Jess Phillips Copy Share Image
It came as a great shock to me when I heard that England and Soviet Russia had become allies. So much so… — John Amery Copy Share Image
The British Fashion Awards gives us the chance to commend not only the winners but celebrate all of the individuals that contribute… — Natalie Massenet Copy Share Image
By all means, let's have free trade and no trade barriers and a common market. But where did it all suddenly become… — Lloyd Dorfman Copy Share Image
