I would rather be British than just.

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

— Elvis Costello

It's daunting trying to do any service as an American to such a beautiful, fluid speech pattern that you [British] all have. We are…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable…

— Sebastian Faulks

While we like to think queueing is unique to British culture, the truth is that we are mere amateurs. The old Soviet Union turned…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion.

— Steve Winwood

Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears.

— Anonymous

British Forces should be in a position to give back in a ten fold measure any attack that the Germans may attempt.

— Frederick Banting

All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!

— Sade Adu

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

— Kevin Brownlow

I always wanted to make a 'James Bond' film, and they only seemed to hire British directors, and I'd made 'Swingers' - they were…

— Doug Liman

When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear…

— Nick Park

No wonder that Churchill described this effort [the British codebreakers working at Bletchley Park] as "Britian"s secret weapon," a weapon far more effective than…

— Peter Hilton

We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines…

— Gordon Brown

I shot for French and British Vogue. The British Vogue one featured clothes by Chloe and was shot at Highgate and the John Soane…

— Nan Goldin

I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play.…

— Laura Carmichael