A collection that embraces the whole world allows you to consider the whole world. That is what an institution such as the… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
Since the introduction of inanimate mechanism into British manufactories, man, with few exceptions, has been treated as a secondary and inferior machine;… — Robert Owen Copy Share Image
'Blind Date' was based on an Australian show called 'Perfect Match', which I first saw when I was on tour there. And… — Cilla Black Copy Share Image
I think it's important that we have a new batch of British film-makers that aren't doing the same old stuff. And that… — Noel Clarke Copy Share Image
The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
I’d been to the British museum before. In fact I’ve been in more museums than I like to admit—it makes me sound… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Well, I'm British. I'm proud to be British and I love this country. I'm going nowhere. — Jay Kay Copy Share Image
[I like to cook] Shepherd's pie, which is a classic British dish. But my version reflects my Jamaican roots, because I add… — Naomie Harris Copy Share Image
The British theatre and establishment is so hard to penetrate, and there are so many talented people involved in it. So, to… — Kelly Reilly Copy Share Image
It’s about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it. — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
There's been (if you sort of scan the magazines) announcements of different performers that has come and tried to get the British… — Tina Turner Copy Share Image
I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman… — Catherine Ashton Copy Share Image
Formal education in British India was remarkable for its lack of connection with its Indian environment. Like the African persuaded to cover… — Nayantara Sahgal Copy Share Image
The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Seattle is a liberal city, its politics not so much blue (in the American, not the British, sense) as deep ultramarine, and… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
The British may not know much about music, but they certainly loves the noise it makes. — Richard Baker Copy Share Image
Straight out of Blackpool, I'm William Regal. My rhymes so intense, they shouldn't be legal. My style is refined, not crude and… — William Regal Copy Share Image
A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant. — Adam Lambert Copy Share Image
Most British playwrights of my generation, as well as younger folks, apparently feel somewhat obliged to Russian literature - and not only… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I feel so much more connected with my Asian side than I do with my British side - of course, I'm proud… — Henry Golding Copy Share Image
Of all the meals that represented British culture, perhaps none captured the imagination more than the Christmas pudding. It was the Victorians… — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
“I was tempted to tell her it was because we were British and actually had a sense of humour, but I try… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
The British tradition, basically, is to go to the character. And the Hollywood tradition, shall we say, is basically to take the… — John Hurt Copy Share Image