British Quotes · Page 11

I would pay good money for a British accent.

— Whitney Wolfe Herd

The biggest looters are the British Museum.

— Lowkey

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.

— Lord Mountbatten

I grew up watching British comedy on TV, really.

— Robert Webb

Don't let the American accent fool you. I am British.

— Natalie Massenet

It's always a treat for me to go to the British Library.

— Sue Perkins

Although I'm living in California, I'm very proud to be British.

— Rod Stewart

I would wish for more British involvement in Europe, not less.

— Wolfgang Schauble

I have family who are British citizens and who want to be citizens of the world and citizens of the E.U.

— Jose Angel Gurria

I feel the Conservatives are doing really well both in attracting votes from British Indians and also having successful British Indians in…

— Rishi Sunak

Why are British actors revered in America? Because it's a place of excellence. This is where we are trained to be excellent.…

— Paterson Joseph

There is not a power in Europe, no not even Bonaparte's that is so unlimited [as the British monarchy].

— Charles James Fox

The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of british rule in India.

— Lala Lajpat Rai

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.

— Kate Winslet

American science is much more organized, much more hierarchical than British science has been.

— Martin Fleischmann

I'm the guy doing calisthenics. I'm doing jumping jacks and deep knee bends. I work out like a British person.

— Ryan Reynolds

Up and down the the still sparsely settled coast of British North America, groups of men-intellectuals and farmers, scholars and merchants, the…

— Bernard Bailyn

I loved the MC5 and the Stooges, but also, the British Invasion - the Kinks and the Yardbirds - and then Led…

— John Varvatos

I think everyone in the United States has such admiration for the British royal family, and with the Duke and Duchess of…

— Anna Wintour

It seems amazing that the Navy SEALs managed to get inside the compound and shoot Osama so efficiently. I can only imagine…

— Frankie Boyle

I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excruciating.…

— Eileen Atkins

[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive…

— Nancy Astor

No British TV company could ever make a series like 'The West Wing' about British politics. It would beggar credibility. No one…

— A. A. Gill

Ferguson argued that British involvement in World War I was unnecessary, far too costly in lives and money for any advantage gained,…

— David Harsanyi

Great works of art can be produced in barbarous societies - in fact the very narrowness of primitive society gives their ornamental…

— Kenneth Clark

In the wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, as in so many later conflicts, British women seem to have been no more…

— Linda Colley

That was exciting man, because the killer is a different kind of character. There are a lot of people who wanted to…

— George Tillman, Jr

Almost the first thing Obama did in the White House was to return the bust of Winston Churchill to the British embassy.…

— Amanda Foreman

We are devastated to learn of the death of Alexander McQueen, one of the greatest talents of his generation. He brought a…

— Anna Wintour

I am speaking to you from the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street. This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the…

— Neville Chamberlain

Had we adopted non-violence as the weapon of the strong, because we realised that it was more effective than any other weapon,…

— Mahatma Gandhi

It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of…

— Boris Johnson

I don't tend to watch too many American comedies. I love British comedy.

— Danny McBride

People think that I live in England and have a British accent.

— Rich Fulcher

I was a section commander in the parachute regiment [in the British army].

— Scott Raab

The maxim of the British people is; Business as Usual!

— Winston Churchill

The only way to keep the British economy secure is to leave the E.U.

— Priti Patel

The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.

— Queen Elizabeth II

Biographies of British pop celebrities are terrible.

— Mick Jagger

British society has never been cleansed of the filth of imperialism.

— Salman Rushdie