Certain formats should never be forgotten, 'Blind Date' for instance, because 'Britain's Got Talent' is really 'New Faces' or 'The Gong Show,'… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
From the railways to the World Wide Web, Britain has been bringing people closer together for centuries, driving up living standards, and… — Gavin Williamson Copy Share Image
The United States may have retained more of the intellectual imprint of the British 18th century than Britain itself. — William Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe. — Jose Manuel Barroso Copy Share Image
Even at its most powerful, Britain always needed alliances with other European states. There would almost certainly have been no British victory… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Tony Blair has to consider very carefully to what extent he can leave Britain, the party and the nation guessing as to… — Robin Cook Copy Share Image
It would have been very much better for the world if Britain had remained neutral and the Germans had won a quick… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We forget today that Britain still depends for its livelihood and, indeed, its day-to-day survival, on the sea. But the Royal Navy… — John Keegan Copy Share Image
We'll watch 'Britain's Got Talent,' 'X Factor,' 'Come Dine with Me' and 'Masterchef.' But we don't watch 'Big Brother,' which is rubbish.… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
I think with Sky and BBC Three and Channel 4, there are some great television platforms, and the stand-up movement in this… — Brendan Coyle Copy Share Image
“But after all we are not children, not illiterate juvenile delinquents, not English public school boys who after a night of homosexual… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“And now, Your Majesty," said Strange, "I think it is time we returned to the Castle. You and I, Your Majesty, are… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
A high proportion of the population enjoys many of the 'luxuries' which until recently were considered the prerogative of the rich; and… — Anthony Crosland Copy Share Image
The 1970s - I was ten in 1975 - were a bad decade in all sorts of ways but the middle class… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
What everybody forgets is that when I was a journalist in Britain and in the United States, I was always a Canadian.… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
As for the dream of a global Britain trading more energetically from Asia to Latin America, the E.U. has tied our hands,… — Dominic Raab Copy Share Image
I want to bring stability back to Britain's economy because that is the only way we can bring back growth. — Rachel Reeves Copy Share Image
The real danger to Britain is a foreign policy that is isolationist in Europe and therefore weak in the rest of the… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
Britain has supported theocrats and dictators as long as it served British business interests, whether under Tory or Labour rule. — Deeyah Khan Copy Share Image
I am British. I love Britain for all its faults and all its virtues. My husband is American and I am largely… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Unilateral disarmament by Britain is opposed to our country's best interests, could begin the unravelling of NATO and therefore jeopardise the stability… — James Callaghan Copy Share Image
In America I think we need to move towards a social democracy, European-style basically, and I think that in Britain we do… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel's united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted. — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
The history of post-war Britain shows us that we are lousy at running our economy. We need someone to do it for… — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
As for Glastonbury, it's the biggest festival there is in Britain, and I'm very pleased to be asked to do it. — Shakin' Stevens Copy Share Image
I think the tradition of well-written history hasn't been squashed out of the academic world as much in Britain as it has… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
Britain produces great actors because they learn on stage so know their stuff when they get on a movie set. — Jerry Weintraub Copy Share Image
I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot… — Linford Christie Copy Share Image
Britain has enormous amount of talent, as we've seen from the BAFTAs. It's all here, and it has to be allowed to… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I'll wear no convicts uniform nor meekly serve my time that Britain might brand Irelands fight 800 years of crime.. — Bobby Sands Copy Share Image
“How do you know she had sex?” Dallas asks. “Every time a penis touches Britain, I receive a telepathic notification.” “Oh,” Dallas… — Iris Blaire Copy Share Image
There are those who are trying to create an anti-business culture in Britain - and we have to stop them. At stake… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
I grew up in one of the most deprived parts of Britain. I know the problems which inner-city children face. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
The era of industrial Britain, where a large section of our workforce provided cheap labour in factories and processing goods, is over. — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
Britain is not a country that is easily rocked by revolution... In Britain our institutions evolve. We are a Fabian Society writ… — William Hamilton Copy Share Image
Our allies, Great Britain, Australia, Israel, some of the strongest militaries in the world, allow transgender people to serve openly and have… — Allyson Robinson Copy Share Image
The way we live in the West we live like kings. People moan about this and that in Britain but we have… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
I'm still a Welsh girl at heart so I'm staying in the U.K. for the Olympics, it's such an exciting time for… — Katherine Jenkins Copy Share Image
I am the 'change Britain' candidate. We can only change Britain through a united Labour Party and I am the unity candidate.… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
