Britain Quotes · Page 40

Britain gets the architecture it deserves. We don’t value architecture, we don’t take it seriously, we don’t want to pay for it…

— David Chipperfield

Radio is very popular [in Britain], but it doesn't connect us in the same way. It seems to have this community function.

— John Gimlette

That's what we're taught to do in Britain - you protect your castle.

— Bugzy Malone

I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind.

— Julia Ward Howe

The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as…

— Vivienne Westwood

No specific technology. My guess is that it was the instinct always to go to maximum scale. Great Britain kept much more…

— Charles R. Morris

I can't remember who it was who advocated that you should march with the left and dine with the right but I've…

— Will Self

Eighty percent of the people of Britain want more money spent on public transport — in order that other people will travel…

— John Gummer

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

I studied in Britain and spent great moments of my life there as a student living in Belsize Park. I admire the…

— Asif Ali Zardari

Great Britain has lost an Empire and not yet found a role. The attempt to playa separate power rolethat is, a role…

— Dean Acheson

Both in Britain and America, huge publicity has been given to stem cells, particularly embryonic stem cells, and the potential they offer.…

— Robert Winston

Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves.

— Tony Benn

Indeed, Britain was set to repeat the old, familiar cycle of boom and bust. Since then, we have created and rigorously adhered…

— Gordon Brown

Under this Government, Britain will not return to the boom and bust of the past.

— Gordon Brown

Labour's mission is to democratise Britain: but first, it must surely democratise itself.

— Owen Jones

I see, therefore, the rentier aspect of capitalism as a transitional phase which will disappear when it has done its work. And…

— John Maynard Keynes

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

— Margaret Thatcher

It is equally important that we now secure the right deal for Britain - and the next leader must have the skill…

— Nicky Morgan

In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.

— Anthony Sampson

Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.

— James Dyson

I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts for your…

— David Cameron

It had the effect of cementing the Anglo-American alliance. What's the good of having bases if when you want to use them…

— Margaret Thatcher

But let her remember, that it is in Britain alone, that laws are equally favourable to liberty and humanity; that it is…

— Thomas Day

A recent study by David Green and Laura Casper, 'Delay, Denial and Dilution,' written for the London-based Institute of Economic Affairs, concludes…

— Walter E. Williams